Murray
Biographic Data
| ID | 8321 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murray |
| FAMILY NAME | Murray |
| SIGNATURE | MURRAY |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4959-3252 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1890 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Memories of forgiven wrongs: The role of interpersonal closeness and severity when remembering forgiven transgressions
Although forgiveness can help overcome negative emotions and restore social relationships, the mnemonic mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. Recent evidence supports the emotional fading account, which posits that emotional responses associated with the retrieval of autobiographical memories of forgiven wrongdoings decrease relative to not-forgiven ones, while there is no difference in episodic details. We examined how interpersonal clos…
Varieties of Negligence
Negligence is often conceptualized as a failure of thought, yet social evaluations of negligence depend on how those failures occur. We present a unified framework predicting variation along three axes: whether the agent lacked diligence, whether the agent made a perceptual or mnemonic error, and whether the agent was factually or normatively ignorant with respect to their wrongdoing. Across four pre-registered experiments ( N = 2,727), negligenc…
Vigilance
Although intentions guide actions over time, they also create coordination problems. In this paper, we explain the source of these problems, and we describe how human agents go about solving them. In short, intentions raise coordination problems because our agency is typically scattered in time. These problems are solved because we can exercise vigilance, a capacity to keep track of our plans and manage attention and memory accordingly. In discus…
Mental control and effort differ across different kinds of mental action
Vigilance and mind wandering
Mind wandering is a pervasive feature of experience. But why does the mind wriggle about rather than stay focused? The answer depends on understanding mind wandering as task‐unrelated thought. Despite being the standard view of mind wandering in cognitive psychology, there has been no systematic elaboration of the task‐unrelated thought view of mind wandering. I argue for the task‐unrelated thought view by showing how mind wandering reflects a di…
Blame for Hum(e)an Beings: The Role of Character Information in Judgments of Blame
How does character information inform judgments of blame? Some argue that character information is indirectly relevant to blame because it enriches judgments about the mental states of a wrongdoer. Others argue that character information is directly relevant to blame, even when character traits are causally irrelevant to the wrongdoing. We propose an empirical synthesis of these views: a two channel model of blame. The model predicts that charact…
What are the benefits of mind wandering to creativity
A primary aim of mind-wandering research has been to understand its influence on task performance. While this research has typically highlighted the costs of mind wandering, a handful of studies have suggested that mind wandering may be beneficial in certain situations. Perhaps the most-touted benefit is that mind wandering during a creative-incubation interval facilitates creative thinking. This finding has played a critical role in the developm…
Not What I Expected! Feeling of Surprise Differentially Mediates Effect of Personal Control on Attributions of Free will and Responsibility
A computational modeling approach to investigating mind wandering-related adjustments to gaze behavior during scene viewing
The Catch-22 of Forgetfulness: Responsibility for Mental Mistakes
Attribution theorists assume that character information informs judgments of blame. But there is disagreement over why. One camp holds that character information is a fundamental determinant of blame. Another camp holds that character information merely provides evidence about the mental states and processes that determine responsibility. We argue for a two-channel view, where character simultaneously has fundamental and evidential effects on bla…
Commonsense morality and the bearable automaticity of being
Some research suggests that moral behavior can be strongly influenced by trivial features of the environment of which we are completely unaware. Philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists have argued that these findings undermine our commonsense notions of agency and responsibility, both of which emphasize the role of practical reasoning and conscious deliberation in action. We present the results of four vignette-based studies (N=1,437) de…
What’s inside is all that counts? The contours of everyday thinking about self-control
Does self-control require willpower? The question cuts to the heart of a debate about whether self-control is identical with some psychological process internal to the agents or not. Noticeably absent from these debates is systematic evidence about the folk-psychological category of self-control. Here, we present the results of two behavioral studies ( N = 296) that indicate the structure of everyday use of the concept. In Study 1, participants r…
Moralization and self-control strategy selection
Intuitions About Free Will and the Failure to Comprehend Determinism
Can the mind wander intentionally
Mind wandering is typically operationalized as task‐unrelated thought. Some argue for the need to distinguish between unintentional and intentional mind wandering, where an agent voluntarily shifts attention from task‐related to task‐unrelated thoughts. We reveal an inconsistency between the standard, task‐unrelated thought definition of mind wandering and the occurrence of intentional mind wandering (together with plausible assumptions about tas…
Attention need not always apply: Mind wandering impedes explicit but not implicit sequence learning
Piercing the Smoke Screen: Dualism, Free Will, and Christianity
Research on the folk psychology of free will suggests that people believe free will is incompatible with determinism and that human decision-making cannot be exhaustively characterized by physical processes. Some suggest that certain elements of Western cultural history, especially Christianity, have helped to entrench these beliefs in the folk conceptual economy. Thus, on the basis of this explanation, one should expect to find three things: (1)…
These confabulations are guaranteed to improve your marriage! Toward a teleological theory of confabulation
What’s in a Task? Complications in the Study of the Task-Unrelated-Thought Variety of Mind Wandering
In recent years, the number of studies examining mind wandering has increased considerably, and research on the topic has spread widely across various domains of psychological research. Athough the term mind wandering has been used to refer to various cognitive states, researchers typically operationalize mind wandering in terms of task-unrelated thought (TUT). Research on TUT has shed light on the various task features that require people’s atte…
Reference fiction, and omission
Peer-led problem-based learning in interprofessional education of health professions students
Based on this data we believe peer-teacher-led problem-based interprofessional seminars can be used to increase medical and pharmacy students' perceived need for professional cooperation. Currently, major barriers to interprofessional education involvement are awareness and time commitment. Undergraduate health professions education can incorporate student-led seminars to improve interprofessional education
Clinton, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Interventionism: Rise and Fall of a Policy (Case Series on Peacekeeping)
Response To Stanley Greenberg
The African as Producer
A Handbook of Nyasaland
“Foregone conclusion.”
“Foregone conclusion.” Get access Dr. Murray Dr. Murray 1Oxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Notes and Queries, Volume s7-X, Issue 258, 6 December 1890, Page 447, https://doi.org/10.1093/nq/s7-X.258.447c Published: 06 December 1890
Central Kurdistan: Discussion
A Handbook of Nyasaland
A Handbook of Nyasaland
The African as Producer
Response To Stanley Greenberg
Clinton, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Interventionism: Rise and Fall of a Policy (Case Series on Peacekeeping)
Peer-led problem-based learning in interprofessional education of health professions students
Based on this data we believe peer-teacher-led problem-based interprofessional seminars can be used to increase medical and pharmacy students' perceived need for professional cooperation. Currently, major barriers to interprofessional education involvement are awareness and time commitment. Undergraduate health professions education can incorporate student-led seminars to improve interprofessional education
Reference fiction, and omission
What’s in a Task? Complications in the Study of the Task-Unrelated-Thought Variety of Mind Wandering
In recent years, the number of studies examining mind wandering has increased considerably, and research on the topic has spread widely across various domains of psychological research. Athough the term mind wandering has been used to refer to various cognitive states, researchers typically operationalize mind wandering in terms of task-unrelated thought (TUT). Research on TUT has shed light on the various task features that require people’s atte…
Attention need not always apply: Mind wandering impedes explicit but not implicit sequence learning
Piercing the Smoke Screen: Dualism, Free Will, and Christianity
Research on the folk psychology of free will suggests that people believe free will is incompatible with determinism and that human decision-making cannot be exhaustively characterized by physical processes. Some suggest that certain elements of Western cultural history, especially Christianity, have helped to entrench these beliefs in the folk conceptual economy. Thus, on the basis of this explanation, one should expect to find three things: (1)…
These confabulations are guaranteed to improve your marriage! Toward a teleological theory of confabulation
Can the mind wander intentionally
Mind wandering is typically operationalized as task‐unrelated thought. Some argue for the need to distinguish between unintentional and intentional mind wandering, where an agent voluntarily shifts attention from task‐related to task‐unrelated thoughts. We reveal an inconsistency between the standard, task‐unrelated thought definition of mind wandering and the occurrence of intentional mind wandering (together with plausible assumptions about tas…
What’s inside is all that counts? The contours of everyday thinking about self-control
Does self-control require willpower? The question cuts to the heart of a debate about whether self-control is identical with some psychological process internal to the agents or not. Noticeably absent from these debates is systematic evidence about the folk-psychological category of self-control. Here, we present the results of two behavioral studies ( N = 296) that indicate the structure of everyday use of the concept. In Study 1, participants r…
Moralization and self-control strategy selection
Intuitions About Free Will and the Failure to Comprehend Determinism
What are the benefits of mind wandering to creativity
A primary aim of mind-wandering research has been to understand its influence on task performance. While this research has typically highlighted the costs of mind wandering, a handful of studies have suggested that mind wandering may be beneficial in certain situations. Perhaps the most-touted benefit is that mind wandering during a creative-incubation interval facilitates creative thinking. This finding has played a critical role in the developm…
Not What I Expected! Feeling of Surprise Differentially Mediates Effect of Personal Control on Attributions of Free will and Responsibility
A computational modeling approach to investigating mind wandering-related adjustments to gaze behavior during scene viewing
The Catch-22 of Forgetfulness: Responsibility for Mental Mistakes
Attribution theorists assume that character information informs judgments of blame. But there is disagreement over why. One camp holds that character information is a fundamental determinant of blame. Another camp holds that character information merely provides evidence about the mental states and processes that determine responsibility. We argue for a two-channel view, where character simultaneously has fundamental and evidential effects on bla…
Commonsense morality and the bearable automaticity of being
Some research suggests that moral behavior can be strongly influenced by trivial features of the environment of which we are completely unaware. Philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists have argued that these findings undermine our commonsense notions of agency and responsibility, both of which emphasize the role of practical reasoning and conscious deliberation in action. We present the results of four vignette-based studies (N=1,437) de…
Vigilance and mind wandering
Mind wandering is a pervasive feature of experience. But why does the mind wriggle about rather than stay focused? The answer depends on understanding mind wandering as task‐unrelated thought. Despite being the standard view of mind wandering in cognitive psychology, there has been no systematic elaboration of the task‐unrelated thought view of mind wandering. I argue for the task‐unrelated thought view by showing how mind wandering reflects a di…
Blame for Hum(e)an Beings: The Role of Character Information in Judgments of Blame
How does character information inform judgments of blame? Some argue that character information is indirectly relevant to blame because it enriches judgments about the mental states of a wrongdoer. Others argue that character information is directly relevant to blame, even when character traits are causally irrelevant to the wrongdoing. We propose an empirical synthesis of these views: a two channel model of blame. The model predicts that charact…
Memories of forgiven wrongs: The role of interpersonal closeness and severity when remembering forgiven transgressions
Although forgiveness can help overcome negative emotions and restore social relationships, the mnemonic mechanisms involved remain poorly understood. Recent evidence supports the emotional fading account, which posits that emotional responses associated with the retrieval of autobiographical memories of forgiven wrongdoings decrease relative to not-forgiven ones, while there is no difference in episodic details. We examined how interpersonal clos…
Psychology (16 works) · Cognition (11 works) · Cognitive psychology (11 works) · Epistemology (9 works) · Neuroscience (8 works) · Mind wandering and attention (7 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Cognitive science (6 works) · Mind-wandering (6 works)