Belief in free will, desirability of control, and acceptance of exoskeletons
This project investigates the influence of abstract free will beliefs on the acceptance of exoskeletons that are designed to support the mobility of mobility-restricted persons. As a possible mediator we assess the desirability of control. Exoskeletons enable people with reduced mobility to have mor...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Chapter/Article |
| Language: | English |
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Jan 18, 2021
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Open Science Framework
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| DOI: | 10.17605/osf.io/vqbrf |
| Online Access: | Resolving-System, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/vqbrf Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://osf.io/vqbrf 
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| Author Notes: | Maximilian Theisen, Alica Mertens, Joachim Funke |
| Summary: | This project investigates the influence of abstract free will beliefs on the acceptance of exoskeletons that are designed to support the mobility of mobility-restricted persons. As a possible mediator we assess the desirability of control. Exoskeletons enable people with reduced mobility to have more control over their motions. However, they require that people transfer some control to the exoskeletons in order to profit from them. Therefore, we expect that a high desirability of control would reduce the acceptance of exoskeletons. - A philosophical concept that is highly associated with personal control is free will. The belief in free will is established across multiple cultures. We expect, that an experimental reduction of the belief in free will would lead to an increase in the desirability of control. Altogether, this implies that a reduction in free will belief reduces the acceptance of exoskeletons, mediated by the desirability of control. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 26.02.2026 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.17605/osf.io/vqbrf |