Read The Illusion of Conscious Will Online
Authors: Daniel M. Wegner
Tags: #General, #Psychology, #Cognitive Psychology, #Philosophy, #Will, #Free Will & Determinism, #Free Will and Determinism
Inaction fiction, 218
Intention, 18-20, 154.
See also
Children and development of intent
memory, 166-171
and misperception, 185-186
and post-action invention, 145-146, 149-151
Intentional exclusion, 139
Intentional stance, 25
Interpreter, left brain, 181-184
Involuntariness, feeling of, 6, 9, 306-307, 309-310
Ironic process of mental control, 116, 310-311
Jekyll and Hyde, 255-256
King, B. B., 83
Knew-it-all-along effect, 156
Kreskin (the Amazing), 125
Launching effect, 70-71
Left-brain interpreter theory, 146
Low-ball sales technique, 275
Lucid dreaming, 229
Magic, 26
Mechanistic approach, 1-2, 21, 26
Memory
continuity, 264-268
episodic, 265-266
in hypnosis, 295-296
implicit, 261
for intention, 166-171
prospective, 166-167
retrospective (
see
Retrospective memory)
semantic, 265-266
source, 231
synchronous (
see
Synchronous memory)
Mental explanatory system, 21-22, 26
Mesmerism, 278-281
Mimicry, 127-128
Mind perception, 24, 146, 152
in autism, 25
intentional stance, 25
Mind reading, 112
Mindblindness, 25
Misdirection, 135
Monroe, Marilyn, 222
Morality, 334-341
Motor tics, 91
Movement confusion, 135-137
Movement potential, 50
MUDs, 228
Multiple personality disorder.
See
Dissociative identity disorder
Murphy, Bridey, 231
Muscle reading, 125-126
Muscle sense, 36-39
Nervous tics, 87
Obedience, 94, 291-292
Obscured monitoring, 135-136
Odd person theory, 131, 132
Open head studies, 45-46
Operating systems, 268-269
Other minds, 11
Ouija board, 100, 108-111, 138.
See also
I Spy experiment
and coaction, 93, 112
and desire, 138
and expectant attention, 133
outside agency, attribution to, 113, 120, 188
and preview neglect, 113
Outside agency, 142-143, 199
Pendulum, 100, 113
and answering questions, 114
expectation and unintentional movement, 115
ironic effect of, 116
and movement confusion, 135-136
Perceived control, 329-331
Personal causation, 17
Phantom limb, 40-44, 60
Phenomenism, 79
Phenomenon
, 63
Placebo effect, 282
Planchette, 103, 105
Plans, 19
Positive illusion, 332-333
Possession.
See
Spirit possession
Posthypnotic suggestion, 149-151
Preconscious mental processes, 57-58
Presley, Elvis, 239
Priority principle, 70-78.
See also
I Spy
experiment
and expectant attention, 134
and optimum timing, 72
Prisoners of Silence
, 206
Processor, 147
Prospective memory, 166-167
Psychological mechanisms, 1-2, 21, 26
Punctuation of interaction, 210
Radiesthesia, 114
Random answering, 204
Reaction fiction, 218
Readiness, 162
Readiness potential, 50-55
Reality cues, 229-230
emotional impact, 232-233
perceptual detail, 230-231, 232
uncontrollability, 234-235, 333
Resistance, 139-142
Responsibility, 334-341
Retrospective memory, 166, 170
and invention of intent, 171 (
see also
Cognitive dissonance; Self-perception)
and revision of intent, 180-181
Robotics, laws of, 339
Role playing, 228
Ruth, Babe, 239
Schizophrenia
and auditory hallucinations, 84-88
and motor control, 89-90
Schneiderian symptoms, 85
and synchronous memory impairment, 168-170
Self-consciousness, 65
Self-efficacy
and treatment of phobias, 331-332
Self-fulfilling prophecy, 192
Self-induction theory, 252-254, 305
Self-perception, 146, 175-176
and amnesia for preaction intent, 178
and privileged access, 176
and observation of self and others, 177
Semantic memory, 265-266
Sensor, 147
Sequential agreement, 274-275
Slip of the tongue, 87
Simple motor tics, 91
Smiles, genuine vs. fake, 34-35
Social magnification of automatism, 112
Somatic marker, 326
Somnambulism, 286
Source memory, 231
Speaking in tongues, 222, 247-248, 251
Speech mediation theory, 153
Spirit mediums, 236-242
Spirit possession, 222-223, 242
and belief, 246
in the Bible, 242
experience of, 249-251
and hypnosis, 272, 284
motivating factors, 246
in non-Western cultures, 243-246
and rhythm, 246, 248
and ritual, 246-247
and self-induction theory, 252-253
and social interaction, 246, 249
and Susto (loss of self), 254
Spirit rappings, 101
Spiritualist movement, 100.
See also
Automatisms
and trickery, 101-102
Split brain, 182
Springsteen, Bruce, 328
Stereotype priming, 128-129
Stimulation fiction, 219
Stimulus contingency, 70
Stroke, experience of, 38-39
Subjective self
as knower, 254-255
and memory continuity, 264-268
Subliminal priming, 209
Surface cognitive activation, 163
Susto, 254
Svengali, 290
Sybil
, 257, 260, 262
Synchronous memory, 166-167, 170
impairment in schizophrenia, 168-170
Table turning, 7-9, 100
and co-action, 93
and expectant attention, 133
and outside agency, 188
Thermostat, 147-148
Thought suppression, 88, 139
Three Faces of Eve
, 257, 259, 260,262
Tooth fairy, 225
Trance channeling, 238-242
Transcranial magnetic stimulation, 47-49
Trilby
, 290
Umbanda Pura ceremony, 244-245
Unconscious action, 156-158.
See also
Action identification
accessibility to consciousness, 162
deep activation, 163-164
full activation, 163-164
and mental representation, 158
as readiness for consciousness, 162
surface activation, 163, 164
Unconscious mental processes, 67
Unconscious mimicry, 126
Unintended behaviors, 145-146.
See also
Ideal of conscious
agency
Utilization behavior, 122
Ventriloquism, 221-222
Virtual agents, 224, 269-270.
See also
Channeling; Reality cues; Spirit possession
and anthropomorphism, 225-226
imaginary playmates, 225
and imagined roles, 227-228
and method acting, 228
and misidentification syndromes, 233-234
and operating systems, 268-269
and role-play in gaming, 228-229
and source memory, 231-232
Volition.
See
Will, force of
Voluntary action, 29-30, 35.
See also
Will, experience of
and automatic processing,57-59, 97
and ear wiggling, 31-34
and facial expression, 33-35
and frontal lobe damage, 30
learning, effect of, 33
mental effort of, 44
and mirror neurons, 44
nature of, 35-36
and phantom limbs, 40-44, 60
and reaction times, 56
and readiness potential, 50-55, 59
and visual feedback, 38-39, 41-44
Voodoo death, 288-289
Waterman, Ian, 37
We-feeling, 94, 213
Will
as accounting system, 327-328
and achievement, 328-329
as authorship emotion, 325, 327
as cognitive feeling, 326
as a compass, 317-318
and crime, 337-338
empirical, 14-15, 28, 327
experience of, 2-4, 6-11, 60, 96 (
see also
Voluntary action)
force of, 3, 12, 14-15
intuition of, 2, 15
and the legal system, 335-336, 338,340
and moral responsibility, 334, 341
phenomenal, 14-15, 28
and psychological health, 332-334
and religion, 335-336
and robots, 320, 339-340
as somatic marker, 326
Willing game, 126
Willpower, 92.
See also
Will, force of
Y-rod, 116-120
Zeigarnik effect, 166-167, 169
Table of Contents
Coverpage
Halftitle
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
The Illusion of Conscious Will
1 The Illusion
Conscious Will
The Experience of Conscious Will
The Force of Conscious Will
Mind Perception
Causal Agency
Mechanisms and Minds
The Illusion Exposed
2 Brain and Body
Where There’s a Will
Voluntary and Involuntary Systems
Sensing Effort
Phantom Limbs
Brain Stimulation
When There’s a Will
Lifting a Finger
Acting Quickly
The Missing Lightbulb
3 The Experience of Will
A Theory of Apparent Mental Causation
The Priority Principle
The Window of Time
The I Spy Study
The Consistency Principle
Causes Should Relate to Effects
Creative Insight
Hearing Voices
The Exclusivity Principle
Internal Alternatives to Intention
External Alternatives to Intention
Perception and Reality
4 An Analysis of Automatism
The Classic Automatisms
Automatic Writing
Ouija Board
Chevreul Pendulum
Dowsing
Ideomotor Action
Conditions of Automatism
Dissociative Personality
Expectant Attention
Movement Confusion
Desire for Automatism
Resistance to Action
Potential Outside Agency
The Rule and the Exception