Does self-control improve with practice? Evidence from a six-week training program.

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of experimental psychology. General

• Publication date

  2016-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1037/xge0000185PMID 27359129
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