▁as ▁' the ▁em otion ▁of ▁author ship ') ▁is ▁not ▁t ether ed ▁to ▁the ▁execution ▁of ▁actual ▁behav iors , ▁but ▁is ▁infer red ▁from ▁various ▁c ues ▁through ▁an ▁intr icate ▁mental ▁process , ▁author ship ▁processing . ▁Although ▁many ▁interpret ▁this ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁blow ▁against ▁the ▁argument ▁for ▁free ▁will , ▁both ▁psych olog ists ▁and ▁philosoph ers ▁have ▁critic ized ▁Weg ner ' s ▁theories . ▁ ▁Em ily ▁Pr on in ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁subject ive ▁experience ▁of ▁free ▁will ▁is ▁supported ▁by ▁the ▁intros pection ▁ill usion . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁t endency ▁for ▁people ▁to ▁trust ▁the ▁reli ability ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁intros pe ctions ▁while ▁dist rust ing ▁the ▁intros pe ctions ▁of ▁other ▁people . ▁The ▁theory ▁implies ▁that ▁people ▁will ▁more ▁readily ▁attribute ▁free ▁will ▁to ▁themselves ▁rather ▁than ▁others . ▁This ▁prediction ▁has ▁been ▁confirmed ▁by ▁three ▁of ▁Pr on in ▁and ▁K ug ler ' s ▁experiments . ▁When ▁college ▁students ▁were ▁asked ▁about ▁personal ▁dec isions ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁and ▁their ▁ro omm ate ' s ▁lives , ▁they ▁regarded ▁their ▁own ▁choices ▁as ▁less ▁predict able . ▁Staff ▁at ▁a ▁restaurant ▁described ▁their ▁co - work ers ' ▁lives ▁as ▁more ▁determined ▁( h aving ▁fewer ▁future ▁possibilities ) ▁than ▁their ▁own ▁lives . ▁When ▁we igh ing ▁up ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁different ▁factors ▁on ▁behavior , ▁students ▁gave ▁des ires ▁and ▁intent ions ▁the ▁strong est ▁weight ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁behavior , ▁but ▁r ated