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Choosing the High Road or Low Road
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February 13, 2024
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How Neuroscience Disproved Free Will and Then Proved It Again

In this excerpt from Minding the Brain (2023), neuroscientist Cristi L. S. Cooper discusses the discovery of “free won’t” — the decision NOT to do something
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February 13, 2024
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Neuroscientist Benjamin Libet was skeptical of claims that he had disproved free will, so he continued to experiment and found that he hadn’t after all. Read More ›
Choosing the High Road or Low Road
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 21, 2023
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Modern Neuroscience Does NOT Disprove Free Will

In a chapter of Minding the Brain (2023), Cristi L. S. Cooper looks at the current state of neuroscience research on free will
Denyse O'Leary
October 21, 2023
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind
In a chapter of Minding the Brain (2023), Cristi L. S. Cooper looks at the current state of neuroscience research on free will Read More ›
PC displaying brain waves of male patient at lab
Selective focus on a computer recording brain waves of a mature gentleman getting his brain analyzed by an electroencephalography machine.
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Denyse O'Leary
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September 13, 2019
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Was famous old evidence against free will just debunked?

The pattern that was thought to prove free will an illusion may have been noise
Denyse O'Leary
September 13, 2019
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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

The participants in the experiment did not sense that their decision about flexing their fingers mattered, so they went with the flow. But, according to more recent research, the subjective experience of making a decision is not an illusion at all.

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