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  • Neuroscience
  • Moral Psychology

Background:

  • Legal systems often penalize nonactions, such as failure to assist.
  • It remains unclear if individuals attribute agency to outcomes resulting from their deliberate inactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate whether deliberate nonactions can elicit a sense of agency.
  • To explore the implicit and explicit experience of agency for nonactions.

Main Methods:

  • Three experiments were conducted.
  • Participants reported their sense of agency for events following nonactions.
  • Temporal binding was used to assess implicit agency for nonactions.

Main Results:

  • Participants reported a sense of agency for events caused by their deliberate nonactions.
  • Temporal binding indicated implicit agency for nonactions.
  • Agency was more pronounced for actions than for nonactions.

Conclusions:

  • A sense of agency extends beyond overt actions to include deliberate nonactions.
  • The findings highlight the nuanced nature of agency attribution and responsibility for acting versus not acting.