Do We Really Know What We Are Doing? Implications of Reported Time of Decision for Theories of Volition

Conscious Will and Responsibility: A Tribute to Benjamin Libet

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Banks, William P ^a   Isham, Eve A ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog clock; Auditory cue; Conscious decision; Digital clock; Time of response; Volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884586133     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195381641.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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