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Agency

Everything on this site about agency — each one naming the study behind it.

You consistently overestimate your ability to control external events.
When an outcome is preceded by your own action, even if it is unrelated, you feel a 'sense of agency' that causes you …
You believe you can influence outcomes based on pure chance.
A 1975 study found that people were willing to bet more money on a game of luck if they were the ones rolling the dice…
You believe you control things that are purely random.
The illusion of control causes you to overestimate your influence over chance-based outcomes.…