Goal priming as a situated intervention tool

Current Opinion in Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 12-16

  Papies, Esther K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84973102806     PISSN: 2352250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.04.008     Document Type: Review

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