Free will is about choosing: The link between choice and the belief in free will

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-245

  Feldman, Gilad ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^b   Wong, Kin Fai Ellick ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Free will; Freedom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907052071     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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