The Physiology of Willpower: Linking Blood Glucose to Self-Control

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Personality and Social Psychology Review

• Publication date

  2007-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1177/1088868307303030PMID 18453466
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