Consciousness, free action and the brain

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 59-65

  Libet, Benjamin ^a   Searle, John R ^b  

^a University of California ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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