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The freedom to believe in free will: Evidence from an adoption study against the first law of behavioral genetics

2024-10-09

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<p>Philosophers and psychologists alike have long debated the etiology of beliefs about human agency. Recently, empirical investigations have shown that lay beliefs about free will and determinism represent stable and important individual differences. Despite a perennial interest in the sources of agentic belief, genetic and environmental influences on such beliefs have never been studied. We administered a batter...

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5c23d129-4c26-5575-af2e-008510c419fa
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10.31234/osf.io/2zvxq
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