Psychological momentum-A key to continued success

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue AUG, 2016, Pages

  Iso Ahola, Seppo E ^a   Dotson, Charles O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Automaticity; Consciousness; Performance; Psychological momentum; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988352946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01328     Document Type: Article

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