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- David Wisniewski (UGent) , Davide Rigoni, Luc Vermeylen, Senne Braem (UGent) , Elger Abrahamse and Marcel Brass (UGent)
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- A growing number of studies demonstrate that belief in free will (FWB) is dynamic, and can be reduced experimentally. Most of these studies assume that doing so has beneficial effects on behavior, as FWBs are thought to subdue unwanted automatic processes (e.g. racial stereotypes). However, relying on automatic processes can sometimes be advantageous, for instance during implicit learning (e.g. detecting and exploiting statistical regularities in the environment). In this registered report, we tested whether experimentally reducing FWBs positively affected implicit motor learning. We hypothesized that reducing FWBs would lead to both faster and stronger implicit learning, as measured using the alternating serial reaction time (ASRT) task. While we did show a manipulation effect on free will beliefs, there was no detectable effect on implicit learning processes. This finding adds to the growing body of evidence that free will belief manipulations do not meaningfully affect downstream behavior.
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- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Registered report, Beliefs, Free will, Sequence learning
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01GPXEQ0J2K7FGPTTK9T8S7ACS
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- Wisniewski, David, et al. “The Impact of Free Will Beliefs on Implicit Learning.” CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION, vol. 107, 2023, doi:10.1016/j.concog.2022.103448.
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- Wisniewski, D., Rigoni, D., Vermeylen, L., Braem, S., Abrahamse, E., & Brass, M. (2023). The impact of free will beliefs on implicit learning. CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION, 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103448
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- Wisniewski, David, Davide Rigoni, Luc Vermeylen, Senne Braem, Elger Abrahamse, and Marcel Brass. 2023. “The Impact of Free Will Beliefs on Implicit Learning.” CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103448.
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- Wisniewski, David, Davide Rigoni, Luc Vermeylen, Senne Braem, Elger Abrahamse, and Marcel Brass. 2023. “The Impact of Free Will Beliefs on Implicit Learning.” CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION 107. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2022.103448.
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- 1.Wisniewski D, Rigoni D, Vermeylen L, Braem S, Abrahamse E, Brass M. The impact of free will beliefs on implicit learning. CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION. 2023;107.
- IEEE
- [1]D. Wisniewski, D. Rigoni, L. Vermeylen, S. Braem, E. Abrahamse, and M. Brass, “The impact of free will beliefs on implicit learning,” CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION, vol. 107, 2023.
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