The Future is Now: Reducing Impulsivity and Energy Intake Using Episodic Future Thinking

Overview

Journal Psychol Sci

Specialty Psychology

Date 2013 Sep 12

PMID 24022653

Citations 140

Authors

Tinuke Oluyomi Daniel

Christina M Stanton

Leonard H Epstein

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