... identification abstractness autonomy action control self-determination People sometimes feel free to choose their actions and cause said actions’ results; at other times, they feel that they have no choice or no control over their actions. For example, when buying lunch, one is typically free to choose...

... conditions, suggesting that the reduced controllability over the outcome in the ‘hard’ condition might have a global influence on post-error performance. Therefore, we ran a third experiment in which we manipulated control over the outcome between groups. post-error slowing post-error speeding action...