Free will as advanced action control for human social life and culture

Neuroethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Baumeister, Roy F ^a   Crescioni, A William ^a   Alquist, Jessica L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Free will; Initiative; Morality; Rational choice; Self control

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; EGO; FREE WILL; FREEDOM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 79954580880     PISSN: 18745490     EISSN: 18745504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-010-9058-4     Document Type: Article

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