doi: 10.1038/nn.2112.
Epub 2008 Apr 13.
Unconscious determinants of free decisions in the human brain
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Unconscious determinants of free decisions in the human brain
Nat Neurosci.
2008 May.
Abstract
There has been a long controversy as to whether subjectively 'free' decisions are determined by brain activity ahead of time. We found that the outcome of a decision can be encoded in brain activity of prefrontal and parietal cortex up to 10 s before it enters awareness. This delay presumably reflects the operation of a network of high-level control areas that begin to prepare an upcoming decision long before it enters awareness.
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