Walking the Line between Goals and Temptations: Asymmetric Effects of Counteractive Control

Self Control in Society, Mind, and Brain

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fishbach, Ayelet ^a   Converse, Benjamin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Counteractive control; Goal; Goal conflict identification; Self control dilemma; Temptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259172     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195391381.003.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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