Daniel Wegner | |
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| Born | June 28, 1948 |
| Died | July 5, 2013 (aged 65) |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
| Known for | Ironic process theory, transactive memory, experimental study of free will |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social Psychology |
| Institutions | Harvard University, Trinity University, University of Virginia |
Daniel Merton Wegner (June 28, 1948 – July 5, 2013) was an American social psychologist. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University and a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was known for applying experimental psychology to the topics of mental control (for example ironic process theory) and conscious will,[1][2] and for originating the study of transactive memory and action identification. In The Illusion of Conscious Will and other works, he argued that the human sense of free will is an illusion.
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