Volitional control of movement: The physiology of free will

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1179-1192

  Hallett, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Bereitschaftspotential; Consciousness; Decision; Free will; Movement; Movement related cortical potential; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Volition

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; AWARENESS; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRIVE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INSULA; INTROSPECTION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VOLITION;

EID: 34248146702     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2007.03.019     Document Type: Review

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