Is it fallacious to talk of self-generated action?: Response to Nachev and Husain

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 193-194

  Passingham, Richard E ^a   Bengtsson, Sara L ^b   Lau, Hakwan C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ATTENTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; PREMOTOR CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SELF GENERATED ACTION;

EID: 80054872861     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2010.03.002     Document Type: Letter

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