Free will debates: Simple experiments are not so simple

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 47-65

  Klemm, W R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compatibilism; Consciousness; Free will; Libet

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855948726     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10053-008-0076-2     Document Type: Article

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