On the foundations of beliefs in free will: Intentional binding and unconscious priming in self-agency

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 532-537

  Aarts, Henk ^a   van den Bos, Kees ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

beliefs; conscious and unconscious; free will; intention; priming; self agency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 79954463737     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611399294     Document Type: Article

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