Abstract In 1983 Benjamin Libet and colleagues published a paper apparently challenging
the view that the conscious intention to move precedes the brain's preparation for …

The neuroscience of volition is an emerging subfield of the brain sciences, with hundreds of
papers on the role of consciousness in action formation published each year. This makes …

Innovations and Challenges in Language Learning Motivation provides a cutting-edge
perspective on the latest challenges and innovations in language learning motivation …

In the seminal Libet experiment (Libet et al., 1983), unconscious brain activity preceded the
self-reported, conscious intention to move. This was repeatedly interpreted as challenging …

A seminal study by Libet et al.(1983) provided a popular approach to compare the
introspective timing of movement execution (the M-time) and the intention to move (the W …

In recent decades, the neuroscientific community has moved from describing the neural
underpinnings of mental phenomena—as characterized by experimental psychology and …

Ich danke Bettina Saglio und Stephanie Preuss von Springer Spektrum für die
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Philosophers have debated the “free will” for centuries, yet it is only in recent years that
voluntary actions have become an object of investigation for cognitive neuroscience. This …

The neuroscience of volition has been investigating the neural underpinnings of decisions
that lead to voluntary action, hereby contributing to the age-old debate on free will. It focuses …

The question of whether free will exists or not has intrigued philosophers for centuries. About
40 years ago, cognitive neuroscientists such as Benjamin Libet have joined the discussion …