Should Scientists Think?: Comment on Machado and Silva (2007)

American Psychologist

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 686-688

  Lau, Hakwan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consciousness; free will; intention; Libet; volition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVALUATION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MATHEMATICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESEARCH; SCIENCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 35748945764     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.62.7.686     Document Type: Article

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