The neurobiology of decision-making and responsibility: Reconciling mechanism and mindedness

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Shadlen, Michael N ^a   Roskies, Adina L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Compatibilism; Determinism; Freewill; Lateral intraparietal area; Motion perception; Noise; Policy; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FREEDOM; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; KNOWLEDGE; LIBERTARIANISM; MORALITY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; PREDESTINATION; PUNISHMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; REWARD;

EID: 84862174191     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00056     Document Type: Article

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