Subtly encouraging more deliberate decisions: using a forcing technique and population stereotype to investigate free will
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychological Research
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0340-0727,1430-2772
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-020-01350-z