Volition and the Brain - Revisiting a Classic Experimental Study.

Abstract:

:In 1983 Libet et al. demonstrated that brain activity associated with a voluntary act precedes conscious experience of the intention to act by several hundred milliseconds. The implication that it is the brain, rather than 'free will', that initiates voluntary acts has been discussed ever since by philosophers and lawyers, as well as by scientists. We show here how Libet's original study gave rise to an entire research field of experimental investigations of volition.

journal_name

Trends Neurosci

journal_title

Trends in neurosciences

authors

Frith CD,Haggard P

doi

10.1016/j.tins.2018.04.009

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-07-01 00:00:00

pages

405-407

issue

7

eissn

0166-2236

issn

1878-108X

pii

S0166-2236(18)30112-7

journal_volume

41

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