Daniel Wegner

Psychologist Daniel M. Wegner is a professor of psychology at Harvard University and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is known for his work on mental control (e.g., thought suppression) and conscious will, and for originating the study of transactive memory and action identification. His book, The Illusion of Conscious Will, tackles the long-debated notion of free will through the scope of experimental psychology. Wegner’s ideas have sparked great interest among psychologists, neuroscientists, theologians, and philosophers interested in the nature of consciousness and freedom of action.

Selected Works

• Wegner, D. M. (2002). The illusion of conscious will. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 0262731622
• Wegner, D. M., & Pennebaker, J. W. (Eds.) (1993). Handbook of mental control. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0133792803
• Wegner, D. M. (1989). White bears and other unwanted thoughts: Suppression, obsession, and the psychology of mental control. New York: Viking/Penguin. ISBN 0898622239
• Vallacher, R. R. & Wegner, D. M. (1985). A theory of action identification. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0898596173
• Wegner, D. M., & Vallacher, R. R. (Eds.). (1980). The self in social psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195026489

External links

• Dan Wegner’s Home Page
• Harvard’s Mental Control Lab