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01-09-2014 | Letter to the Editor

The Psychobiological Model of Endurance Performance: An Effort-Based Decision-Making Theory to Explain Self-Paced Endurance Performance

Author: Benjamin Pageaux

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 9/2014

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Title: The Psychobiological Model of Endurance Performance: An Effort-Based Decision-Making Theory to Explain Self-Paced Endurance Performance
Author: Benjamin Pageaux
Publication date: 01-09-2014
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Sports Medicine / Issue 9/2014
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-014-0198-2

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