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The experiment was designed to obtain a direct measure of effort expenditure following control deprivation. It was found that control-deprived subjects chose to take significantly more trials before making a judgment of control than did baseline subjects. However, the additional effort expenditure did not increase either response accuracy or confidence. Several factors that may influence effort expenditure following control deprivation are discussed.
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This research was supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant BNS 78-17440 to Thane S. Pittman.
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D’agostino, P.R., Pittman, T.S. Effort expenditure following control deprivation. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 19, 282–283 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330258
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