The readiness potential reflects intentional binding

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JUNE, 2014, Pages

  Jo, Han Gue ^a,b   Wittmann, Marc ^c   Hinterberger, Thilo ^d   Schmidt, Stefan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY VIADRINA   (Germany)

^c Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intentional binding; Meditation; Readiness potential; Sense of agency; Slow cortical potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTENTIONAL BINDING; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 84902348152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00421     Document Type: Article

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