Variation in Cognitive Control as Emotion Regulation

Psychological Inquiry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 108-115

  Saunders, Blair ^a   Milyavskaya, Marina ^a,b   Inzlicht, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84924503847     PISSN: 1047840X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2015.962396     Document Type: Note

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