The MORE life experience model: A theory of the development of personal wisdom

The Scientific Study of Personal Wisdom: From Contemplative Traditions to Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-97

  Glück, Judith ^a   Bluck, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Department of Psychology University of Florida ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7987-7_4     Document Type: Chapter

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