Uncertainty orientation: Myths, truths, and the interface of motivation and cognition

Handbook of the Uncertain Self

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 101-121

  Szeto, Andrew C H ^a   Sorrentino, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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