Inducing disbelief in free will alters brain correlates of preconscious motor preparation: The brain minds whether we believe in free will or not

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 613-618

  Rigoni, Davide ^a,b   Kühn, Simone ^a,c   Sartori, Giuseppe ^b   Brass, Marcel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cognitive neuroscience; consciousness; electrophysiology; free will; motor processes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VOLITION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955748582     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611405680     Document Type: Article

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