Evidence for a dissociation between causal beliefs and instrumental actions

Beliefs and actions in the trust game: Creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal effect

In many economic contexts, an elusive variable of interest is the agent’s belief about relevant events, e.g. about other agents’ behavior. A growing number of surveys and experiments ask participants to state beliefs explicitly but little is known about the causal relation between beliefs and other behavioral variables. This paper discusses the possibility of creating exogenous instrumental var...

Beliefs and actions in the trust game: Creating instrumental variables to estimate the causal e¤ect1

In many economic contexts, an elusive variable of interest is the agent’s expectation about relevant events, e.g. about other agents’behavior. Recent experimental studies as well as surveys have asked participants to state their beliefs explicitly, but little is known about the causal relation between beliefs and other behavioral variables. This paper discusses the possibility of creating exoge...

Evidence of Double Dissociation in Auditory Agnosia: Implications for Rehabilition

Causal mechanisms and multidirectional pathways between trauma, dissociation, and health.

Irrational Beliefs and Unconditional Self-acceptance. Ii. Experimental Evidence for a Causal Link between Two Key Features of Rebt

In a test of two key features of REBT, causal relationships between irrational beliefs and unconditional self-acceptance were experimentally investigated in a sample of 106 non-clinical participants using a priming technique. Priming participants with statements of irrational belief resulted in a decrease in unconditional self-acceptance whereas priming participants with statements of rational ...