Fernbach, Philip M.; Hagmayer, York; Sloman, Steven A. - In: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 123 (2014) 1, pp. 1-8
We propose a mixed belief model of self-deception. According to the theory, people distribute belief over two possible causal paths to an action, one where the action is freely chosen and one where it is due to factors outside of conscious control. Self-deceivers take advantage of uncertainty...