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Tytuł:
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The impact of free will beliefs on implicit learning.
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Autorzy:
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Wisniewski D; Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: .
Rigoni D; Hult International Business School, UG Campus, London, United Kingdom; Department of Business, Solvay Business School, Free University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium.
Vermeylen L; Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Braem S; Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Abrahamse E; Department Communication and Cognition, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands; Department of Educational Sciences, Atlántico Medio University, Spain.
Brass M; Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; Berlin School of Mind and Brain/Department of Psychology, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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Źródło:
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Consciousness and cognition [Conscious Cogn] 2023 Jan; Vol. 107, pp. 103448. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Dec 05.
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Typ publikacji:
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Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Język:
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English
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Imprint Name(s):
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Original Publication: San Diego : Academic Press, c1992-
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MeSH Terms:
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Personal Autonomy*
Learning*
Humans ; Reaction Time ; Serial Learning
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Contributed Indexing:
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Keywords: Beliefs; Free will; Registered report; Sequence learning
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Entry Date(s):
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Date Created: 20221208 Date Completed: 20230117 Latest Revision: 20230225
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Update Code:
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20240104
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DOI:
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10.1016/j.concog.2022.103448
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PMID:
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36481575
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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.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
