Free will, temptation, and self-control: We must believe in free will, we have no choice (Isaac B. Singer)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Consumer Psychology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1057-7408
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2007.10.006