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Research paper thumbnail of The Selective Laziness of Reasoning

Cognitive science, Jan 9, 2015

Reasoning research suggests that people use more stringent criteria when they evaluate others&#39... more Reasoning research suggests that people use more stringent criteria when they evaluate others' arguments than when they produce arguments themselves. To demonstrate this "selective laziness," we used a choice blindness manipulation. In two experiments, participants had to produce a series of arguments in response to reasoning problems, and they were then asked to evaluate other people's arguments about the same problems. Unknown to the participants, in one of the trials, they were presented with their own argument as if it was someone else's. Among those participants who accepted the manipulation and thus thought they were evaluating someone else's argument, more than half (56% and 58%) rejected the arguments that were in fact their own. Moreover, participants were more likely to reject their own arguments for invalid than for valid answers. This demonstrates that people are more critical of other people's arguments than of their own, without being over...

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Research paper thumbnail of Biasing Moral Decisions by Exploiting the Dynamics of Eye Gaze

Eye gaze is a window onto cognitive processing in tasks such as spatial memory, linguistic proces... more Eye gaze is a window onto cognitive processing in tasks such as spatial memory, linguistic processing, and decision making. We present evidence that information derived from eye gaze can be used to change the course of individuals’ decisions, even when they are reasoning about high-level, moral issues. Previous studies have shown that when an experimenter actively controls what an individual sees the experimenter can affect simple decisions with alternatives of almost equal valence. Here we show that if an experimenter passively knows when individuals move their eyes the experimenter can change complex moral decisions. This causal effect is achieved by simply adjusting the timing of the decisions. We monitored partici- pants’ eye movements during a two-alternative forced-choice task with moral questions. One option was randomly predetermined as a target. At the moment participants had fixated the target option for a set amount of time we terminated their deliberation and prompted them to choose between the two alternatives. Although participants were unaware of this gaze-contingent manipulation, their choices were systematically biased toward the target option. We conclude that even abstract moral cognition is partly constituted by interactions with the immediate environment and is likely supported by gaze-dependent decision processes. By tracking the interplay be- tween individuals, their sensorimotor systems, and the environment, we can influence the outcome of a decision without directly manipulating the content of the information available to them.

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Research paper thumbnail of CAN WE TELL WHAT WE SAID WHEN WE HEAR OURSELVES SAYING SOMETHING ELSE?

... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikstr... more ... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikström 61 Meyer 1992; Postma 2000 and textbooks such as Carroll 1999 and Harley 2001). However, not all researchers endorse the ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Facing changes: Choice blindness and facial attractiveness

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Research paper thumbnail of Can we tell what we said when we hear ourselves saying something else?-Real-time speech manipulation as a new instrument for the testing of verbal intentions and self monitoring

... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikstr... more ... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikström 61 Meyer 1992; Postma 2000 and textbooks such as Carroll 1999 and Harley 2001). However, not all researchers endorse the ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Relative theory of choice: preference change for risky choices

In three experiments we studied the extent to which theories of decision-making and memory can pr... more In three experiments we studied the extent to which theories of decision-making and memory can predict people's preferences. Studding risky decisions, we aimed to answer questions about human preferences, prompted by similarities between the leading ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Objective markers of detection process during a choice blindness task

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Research paper thumbnail of Choice blindness and preference change

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Research paper thumbnail of Changing minds by tracking eyes: Biasing moral decisions by interrupting gaze

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Research paper thumbnail of inteRnAtionAl JouRnAl of coGnitiVe theRAPy

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Research paper thumbnail of Changing minds by tracking eyes

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Research paper thumbnail of Changing minds by tracking eyes: Dynamical systems, gaze and moral decisions

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Research paper thumbnail of Auditory feedback of one’s own voice is used for high-level semantic monitoring: the “self-comprehension” hypothesis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Choice Blindness, Confabulatory Introspection, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A New Area of Investigation

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of The Non-Existence of Risk Attitude

Frontiers in Psychology, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of The reason I chose that one is

New scientist, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Self-Regulation in Education: A Ubiquitous Computing Perspective

Lund University Cognitive Studies, 2003

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Research paper thumbnail of Choice blindness and the non-unitary nature of the human mind

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Neurofeedback and metacognition

… Proceedings: Metacognition …, 2003

... 3]. No one doubts that the study of EF holds great potential for illuminating the related con... more ... 3]. No one doubts that the study of EF holds great potential for illuminating the related concept of metacognition as discussed ... error detection and source monitoring in memory retrieval (cognitive monitoring), as well as top-down processes like conflict resolution, error correction ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Auditory Feedback Is Used for Self- Comprehension: When We Hear Ourselves Saying Something Other Than What We Said, We Believe We Said What We Hear

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Research paper thumbnail of The Selective Laziness of Reasoning

Cognitive science, Jan 9, 2015

Reasoning research suggests that people use more stringent criteria when they evaluate others&#39... more Reasoning research suggests that people use more stringent criteria when they evaluate others' arguments than when they produce arguments themselves. To demonstrate this "selective laziness," we used a choice blindness manipulation. In two experiments, participants had to produce a series of arguments in response to reasoning problems, and they were then asked to evaluate other people's arguments about the same problems. Unknown to the participants, in one of the trials, they were presented with their own argument as if it was someone else's. Among those participants who accepted the manipulation and thus thought they were evaluating someone else's argument, more than half (56% and 58%) rejected the arguments that were in fact their own. Moreover, participants were more likely to reject their own arguments for invalid than for valid answers. This demonstrates that people are more critical of other people's arguments than of their own, without being over...

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Research paper thumbnail of Biasing Moral Decisions by Exploiting the Dynamics of Eye Gaze

Eye gaze is a window onto cognitive processing in tasks such as spatial memory, linguistic proces... more Eye gaze is a window onto cognitive processing in tasks such as spatial memory, linguistic processing, and decision making. We present evidence that information derived from eye gaze can be used to change the course of individuals’ decisions, even when they are reasoning about high-level, moral issues. Previous studies have shown that when an experimenter actively controls what an individual sees the experimenter can affect simple decisions with alternatives of almost equal valence. Here we show that if an experimenter passively knows when individuals move their eyes the experimenter can change complex moral decisions. This causal effect is achieved by simply adjusting the timing of the decisions. We monitored partici- pants’ eye movements during a two-alternative forced-choice task with moral questions. One option was randomly predetermined as a target. At the moment participants had fixated the target option for a set amount of time we terminated their deliberation and prompted them to choose between the two alternatives. Although participants were unaware of this gaze-contingent manipulation, their choices were systematically biased toward the target option. We conclude that even abstract moral cognition is partly constituted by interactions with the immediate environment and is likely supported by gaze-dependent decision processes. By tracking the interplay be- tween individuals, their sensorimotor systems, and the environment, we can influence the outcome of a decision without directly manipulating the content of the information available to them.

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Research paper thumbnail of CAN WE TELL WHAT WE SAID WHEN WE HEAR OURSELVES SAYING SOMETHING ELSE?

... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikstr... more ... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikström 61 Meyer 1992; Postma 2000 and textbooks such as Carroll 1999 and Harley 2001). However, not all researchers endorse the ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Facing changes: Choice blindness and facial attractiveness

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Research paper thumbnail of Can we tell what we said when we hear ourselves saying something else?-Real-time speech manipulation as a new instrument for the testing of verbal intentions and self monitoring

... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikstr... more ... it (see eg Griffin 2004; Page 3. Andreas Lind, Lars Hall, Petter Johansson and Sverker Sikström 61 Meyer 1992; Postma 2000 and textbooks such as Carroll 1999 and Harley 2001). However, not all researchers endorse the ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Relative theory of choice: preference change for risky choices

In three experiments we studied the extent to which theories of decision-making and memory can pr... more In three experiments we studied the extent to which theories of decision-making and memory can predict people's preferences. Studding risky decisions, we aimed to answer questions about human preferences, prompted by similarities between the leading ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Objective markers of detection process during a choice blindness task

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Research paper thumbnail of Choice blindness and preference change

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Research paper thumbnail of Changing minds by tracking eyes: Biasing moral decisions by interrupting gaze

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Research paper thumbnail of inteRnAtionAl JouRnAl of coGnitiVe theRAPy

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Research paper thumbnail of Changing minds by tracking eyes

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Research paper thumbnail of Changing minds by tracking eyes: Dynamical systems, gaze and moral decisions

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Research paper thumbnail of Auditory feedback of one’s own voice is used for high-level semantic monitoring: the “self-comprehension” hypothesis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Choice Blindness, Confabulatory Introspection, and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms: A New Area of Investigation

International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of The Non-Existence of Risk Attitude

Frontiers in Psychology, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of The reason I chose that one is

New scientist, 2009

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Research paper thumbnail of Self-Regulation in Education: A Ubiquitous Computing Perspective

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Research paper thumbnail of Choice blindness and the non-unitary nature of the human mind

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011

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Research paper thumbnail of Neurofeedback and metacognition

… Proceedings: Metacognition …, 2003

... 3]. No one doubts that the study of EF holds great potential for illuminating the related con... more ... 3]. No one doubts that the study of EF holds great potential for illuminating the related concept of metacognition as discussed ... error detection and source monitoring in memory retrieval (cognitive monitoring), as well as top-down processes like conflict resolution, error correction ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Auditory Feedback Is Used for Self- Comprehension: When We Hear Ourselves Saying Something Other Than What We Said, We Believe We Said What We Hear

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