Embodied free will beliefs: Some effects of physical states on metaphysical opinions

•Panic disorder and epilepsy were associated with low belief in free will.•The more people felt physical needs, the less they believed in free will.•Nondieters reported low belief in free when hungry, but dieters did not. The present research suggests that people’s bodily states affect their beliefs...

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Published in:Consciousness and cognition 2014-07, Vol.27, p.147-154
Main Authors: Ent, Michael R., Baumeister, Roy F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Belief & doubt
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition - physiology
Drive
Embodied cognition
Epilepsy
Epilepsy - psychology
Female
Free will
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Mood disorders
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Panic attacks
Panic Disorder - psychology
Personal Autonomy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Young Adult
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Summary:•Panic disorder and epilepsy were associated with low belief in free will.•The more people felt physical needs, the less they believed in free will.•Nondieters reported low belief in free when hungry, but dieters did not. The present research suggests that people’s bodily states affect their beliefs about free will. People with epilepsy and people with panic disorder, which are disorders characterized by a lack of control over one’s body, reported less belief in free will compared to people without such disorders (Study 1). The more intensely people felt sexual desire, physical tiredness, and the urge to urinate, the less they believed in free will (Study 2). Among non-dieters, the more intensely they felt hunger, the less they believed in free will. However, dieters showed a trend in the opposite direction (Study 3).
ISSN:1053-8100
1090-2376
DOI:10.1016/j.concog.2014.05.001