Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic

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Shalóm, Diego Edgar; de Sousa Serro, Maximiliano Guillermo; Giaconia, Maximiliano; Martinez, Luis M.; Rieznik, Andrés Anibal; Sigman, Mariano
Año de publicación
2013
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We investigated an individual ability to identify whether choices were made freely or forced by external parameters. We capitalized on magical setups where the notion of psychological forcing constitutes a well trodden path. In live stage magic, a magician guessed cards from spectators while inquiring how freely they thought they had made the choice. Our data showed a marked blindness in the introspection of free choice. Spectators assigned comparable ratings when choosing the card that the magician deliberately forced them compared to any other card, even in classical forcing, where the magician literally handles a card to the participant This observation was paralleled by a laboratory experiment where we observed modest changes in subjective reports by factors with drastic effect in choice. Pupil dilatation, which is known to tag slow cognitive events related to memory and attention, constitutes an efficient fingerprint to index subjective and objective aspects of choice.
Fil: Shalóm, Diego Edgar. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: de Sousa Serro, Maximiliano Guillermo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: Giaconia, Maximiliano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: Martinez, Luis M..
Fil: Rieznik, Andrés Anibal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
title Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
spellingShingle Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
Shalóm, Diego Edgar
magic
cognitive events
memory
attention
title_short Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
title_full Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
title_fullStr Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
title_full_unstemmed Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
title_sort Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Shalóm, Diego Edgar
de Sousa Serro, Maximiliano Guillermo
Giaconia, Maximiliano
Martinez, Luis M.
Rieznik, Andrés Anibal
Sigman, Mariano
author Shalóm, Diego Edgar
author_facet Shalóm, Diego Edgar
de Sousa Serro, Maximiliano Guillermo
Giaconia, Maximiliano
Martinez, Luis M.
Rieznik, Andrés Anibal
Sigman, Mariano
author_role author
author2 de Sousa Serro, Maximiliano Guillermo
Giaconia, Maximiliano
Martinez, Luis M.
Rieznik, Andrés Anibal
Sigman, Mariano
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv magic
cognitive events
memory
attention
topic magic
cognitive events
memory
attention
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We investigated an individual ability to identify whether choices were made freely or forced by external parameters. We capitalized on magical setups where the notion of psychological forcing constitutes a well trodden path. In live stage magic, a magician guessed cards from spectators while inquiring how freely they thought they had made the choice. Our data showed a marked blindness in the introspection of free choice. Spectators assigned comparable ratings when choosing the card that the magician deliberately forced them compared to any other card, even in classical forcing, where the magician literally handles a card to the participant This observation was paralleled by a laboratory experiment where we observed modest changes in subjective reports by factors with drastic effect in choice. Pupil dilatation, which is known to tag slow cognitive events related to memory and attention, constitutes an efficient fingerprint to index subjective and objective aspects of choice.
Fil: Shalóm, Diego Edgar. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: de Sousa Serro, Maximiliano Guillermo. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: Giaconia, Maximiliano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: Martinez, Luis M..
Fil: Rieznik, Andrés Anibal. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
Fil: Sigman, Mariano. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Cs.exactas y Naturales. Departamento de Fisica. Laboratorio de Neurociencia Integrativa;
description We investigated an individual ability to identify whether choices were made freely or forced by external parameters. We capitalized on magical setups where the notion of psychological forcing constitutes a well trodden path. In live stage magic, a magician guessed cards from spectators while inquiring how freely they thought they had made the choice. Our data showed a marked blindness in the introspection of free choice. Spectators assigned comparable ratings when choosing the card that the magician deliberately forced them compared to any other card, even in classical forcing, where the magician literally handles a card to the participant This observation was paralleled by a laboratory experiment where we observed modest changes in subjective reports by factors with drastic effect in choice. Pupil dilatation, which is known to tag slow cognitive events related to memory and attention, constitutes an efficient fingerprint to index subjective and objective aspects of choice.
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Shalóm, Diego Edgar; de Sousa Serro, Maximiliano Guillermo; Giaconia, Maximiliano; Martinez, Luis M.; Rieznik, Andrés Anibal; Sigman, Mariano; Choosing in Freedom or Forced to Choose? Introspective Blindness to Psychological Forcing in Stage-Magic; Public Library Science; Plos One; 8; 3; 13-3-2013; 1-9;
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