Self-regulation in an evolutionary perspective

Handbook of Biobehavioral Approaches to Self-Regulation

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 25-41

  Del Giudice, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Control theory; Coping styles; Discounting; Feedback; Feedforward; Impulsivity; Inhibition; Life history theory; Self regulation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940770994     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1236-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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