Mistaking randomness for free will

Mistaking randomness for free will.

Belief in free will is widespread. The present research considered one reason why people may believe that actions are freely chosen rather than determined: they attribute randomness in behavior to free will. Experiment 1 found that participants who were prompted to perform a random sequence of actions experienced their behavior as more freely chosen than those who were prompted to perform a det...

Randomness for Free

We consider two-player zero-sum games on graphs. These games can be classified on the basis of the information of the players and on the mode of interaction between them. On the basis of information the classification is as follows: (a) partial-observation (both players have partial view of the game); (b) one-sided complete-observation (one player has complete observation); and (c) complete-obs...

The Scope of Man's Free Will

The effects of reduced “free will” on Bell-based randomness expansion

Dax Enshan Koh, Michael J.W. Hall, Setiawan, James E. Pope, Chiara Marletto, Alastair Kay, 5 Valerio Scarani, 3 and Artur Ekert 4 Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 2, Singapore 117543 Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology (Australian Research Council), Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD 4111, Aus...

Free will

Much of the best biological work in decision-making has been carried out in bacteria and insects because the genetics of these organisms is better understood and they provide the most physically accessible nervous systems. With the advent of modern imaging and neurophysiological techniques, however, decision-making by human and non-human primates has become a bustling area in the early stages o...