What do reflex and voluntary mean? Modern views on an ancient debate

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-432

  Prochazka, Arthur ^a   Clarac, Francois ^b   Loeb, Gerald E ^c   Rothwell, John C ^d   Wolpaw, Jonathan R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Reflex; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 0033967606     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002219900250     Document Type: Review

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