The freedom to excel: Belief in free will predicts better academic performance
Authors:
- Gilad FeldmanGFGilad Feldman
- Subramanya Prasad ChandrashekarSCSubramanya Prasad Chandrashekar
- Kin Fai Ellick WongKWKin Fai Ellick Wong
Open Access
- 1 February 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Personality and Individual Differences
- Vol. 90, 377-383
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Funding Information
- RGC General Research Fund (HKUST 644312)
- UGC (SBI14BM23)
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