When errors do not matter: Weakening belief in intentional control impairs cognitive reaction to errors

Cognition

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 264-269

  Rigoni, Davide ^a,b,c   Wilquin, Hélène ^d   Brass, Marcel ^b,e   Burle, Boris ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Action monitoring; Belief; Cognitive control; Free will; Intention; Post error slowing

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; FREE WILL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BELIEF; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEAKENING BELIEF;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874744409     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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