ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2018
Lesion network localization of free will.
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- Network localization of heterogeneous neuroimaging findings.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2019Pooled it
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Abstract
Our perception of free will is composed of a desire to act (volition) and a sense of responsibility for our actions (agency). Brain damage can disrupt these processes, but which regions are most important for free will perception remains unclear. Here, we study focal brain lesions that disrupt volition, causing akinetic mutism (
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