Decision making and free will: A neuroscience perspective

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-280

  Burns, Kelly ^a   Bechara, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEGAL ASPECT; NEUROSCIENCE; REVIEW; VOLUNTARY REPORTING;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; NEUROSCIENCES; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248395097     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.751     Document Type: Review

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