Opinions differ widely as to whether addicts lose the ability to control their behavior and
employ free will. This article reviews empirical findings regarding multiple questions relevant …

This chapter summarizes research on free will. Progress has been made by discarding
outmoded philosophical notions in favor of exploring how ordinary people understand and …

Prospection (Gilbert & Wilson, 2007), the representation of possible futures, is a ubiquitous
feature of the human mind. Much psychological theory and practice, in contrast, has …

Recent work on consciousness has featured a number of debates on the existence and
character of controversial types of phenomenal experience. Perhaps the best-known is the …

Managers face a critical issue in deciding when to employ a predictive planning approach
versus a more adaptive and flexible strategic approach. We suggest that determining which …

Belief in free will is a pervasive phenomenon that has important consequences for prosocial
actions and punitive judgments, but little research has investigated why free will beliefs are …

Does disbelief in free will reduce people's willingness to exert the effort needed for
autonomous thought and action rather than simply conforming to group norms? Three …

Increasing evidence supports the importance of beliefs in predicting positive outcomes in
life. We examined the performance implications of the belief in free will as an abstract …

Belief in free will is widespread, and this belief is supposed to undergird moral and legal
judgment. Despite the importance of the free will concept, however, there remains …

The idea of the self is immediately familiar to everyone, yet elusive to define and understand.
From pioneering researcher Roy F. Baumeister, this volume synthesizes a vast body of …