The timing of brain events: Reply to the "Special Section" in this journal of September 2004, edited by Susan Pockett

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 540-547

  Libet, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral excitatory states; Cerebral time factors; Conscious sensation; Cortical delay; Hypnosis and free will; Subjective antedating; Voluntary acts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; REACTION TIME; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TIME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 33746393658     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2005.03.001     Document Type: Note

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