Action, agency and responsibility

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 137-142

  Frith, Chris D ^a,b,c  

^a WELLCOME TRUST CENTRE FOR NEUROIMAGING   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Action; Agency; Responsibility; Will

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSIBILITY; THINKING;

ACTION; AGENCY; RESPONSIBILITY; WILL;

AWARENESS; BRAIN; CULTURE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VOLITION;

EID: 84893932550     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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