The roles of imagery and metaemotion in deliberate choice and moral psychology

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 8-10 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 140-157

  Ellis, Ralph D ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action imagery; Agency; Choice; Consciousness; Determinism; Embodiment; Emotion; Enactivism; Free will; Meta emotion; Motor imagery; Readiness potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844577255     PISSN: 13558250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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