If our brain is a computer, do we really have free will?

The background to this new set of experiments lies in the debate regarding conscious will and determinism in human decision-making, which has attracted researchers, psychologists, philosophers and the general public, and which has been ongoing since at least the 1980s. Back then, the American researcher Benjamin Libet studied the nature of cerebral processes of study participants during conscious decision-making.

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January 4, 2016 | Categories: Neuroscience Research, Psychology | Tags: behavioral science, cell biology, neurobiology, neurology, peer reviewed, perception, psychology, science | Leave a comment