Cognitive effort: A neuroeconomic approach.

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Published in Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci on June 01, 2015

Authors

Andrew Westbrook1, Todd S Braver

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1: Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO, 63130, USA, jawestbrook@wustl.edu.

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