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| Title |
The Influence of (Dis)belief in Free Will on Immoral Behavior
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, January 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00020 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Emilie A. Caspar, Laurène Vuillaume, Pedro A. Magalhães De Saldanha da Gama, Axel Cleeremans |
| Abstract |
One of the hallmarks of human existence is that we all hold beliefs that determine how we act. Amongst such beliefs, the idea that we are endowed with free will appears to be linked to prosocial behaviors, probably by enhancing the feeling of responsibility of individuals over their own actions. However, such effects appear to be more complex that one might have initially thought. Here, we aimed at exploring how induced disbeliefs in free will impact the sense of agency over the consequences of one's own actions in a paradigm that engages morality. To do so, we asked participants to choose to inflict or to refrain from inflicting an electric choc to another participant in exchange of a small financial benefit. Our results show that participants who were primed with a text defending neural determinism - the idea that humans are a mere bunch of neurons guided by their biology - administered fewer shocks and were less vindictive toward the other participant. Importantly, this finding only held for female participants. These results show the complex interaction between gender, (dis)beliefs in free will and moral behavior. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 76 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 11% |
| Mexico | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Japan | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 32 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 61 | 80% |
| Scientists | 10 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 113 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 109 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 26 | 23% |
| Student > Bachelor | 19 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 8% |
| Researcher | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 14 | 12% |
| Unknown | 20 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 53 | 47% |
| Neuroscience | 8 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 6 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 15 | 13% |
| Unknown | 25 | 22% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 63. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 February 2024.
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