Freedom, choice, and the sense of agency

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2013, Pages

  Barlas, Zeynep ^a   Obhi, Sukhvinder S ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Action awareness; Action choice; Authorship; Freedom; Intentional binding; Sense of agency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTENTIONAL BINDING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; SENSE OF AGENCY; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884688603     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00514     Document Type: Article

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