• DOI:10.1016/j.concog.2010.12.012
Corpus ID: 19502601

Mistaking randomness for free will

@article{Ebert2011MistakingRF,
  title={Mistaking randomness for free will},
  author={Jeffrey P. Ebert and D. M. Wegner},
  journal={Consciousness and Cognition},
  year={2011},
  volume={20},
  pages={965-971}
}

Jeffrey P. Ebert, D. M. Wegner

Published 2011

Psychology, Medicine

Consciousness and Cognition

Belief in free will is widespread. The present research considered one reason why people may believe that actions are freely chosen rather than determined: they attribute randomness in behavior to free will. Experiment 1 found that participants who were prompted to perform a random sequence of actions experienced their behavior as more freely chosen than those who were prompted to perform a deterministic sequence. Likewise, Experiment 2 found that, all else equal, the behavior of animated… CONTINUE READING

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