Locating volition

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 302-322

  Zhu, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Consciousness; Prefrontal cortex; Supplementary motor area; The will; Volition; Voluntary action

Indexed keywords

AKINETIC MUTISM; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISTRACTIBILITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROSCIENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 2342581479     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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