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Free will? Not as much as you think
You're going to press that button, right? You know you're going to press it and then . . . you make a conscious decision and you press it, right?
Maybe not, say German researchers in a new study published in the April 13 online edition of Nature Neuroscience.
Using sophisticated brain imaging techniques, the researchers found that they can predict people's simple decisions up to 10 seconds before they're conscious of making such a choice.
http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/04/14/free_will_not_as_much_as_you_think/
You're going to press that button, right? You know you're going to press it and then . . . you make a conscious decision and you press it, right?
Maybe not, say German researchers in a new study published in the April 13 online edition of Nature Neuroscience.
Using sophisticated brain imaging techniques, the researchers found that they can predict people's simple decisions up to 10 seconds before they're conscious of making such a choice.
http://www.boston.com/news/health/articles/2008/04/14/free_will_not_as_much_as_you_think/