Born to choose: the origins and value of the need for control.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Trends in Cognitive Sciences

• Publication date

  2010-10-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.tics.2010.08.001PMID 20817592PMCID PMC2944661
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