Free will and consciousness: Experimental studies

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 915-927

  Shepherd, Joshua ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Experimental philosophy; Free will

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIVING WILL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY;

CONSCIOUSNESS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84860502881     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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