Preconscious free will

Velmans, Max. 2013. Preconscious free will. In: Harold Pashler, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Mind. 2 Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, pp. 611-613. ISBN 9781412950572 [Book Section]

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This entry presents scientific evidence that the conscious feelings of wishing and deciding that we usually think of as determining our voluntary acts are not themselves responsible for those acts, although they may roughly but accurately represent preconscious mental processes that are responsible for such acts.

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Book Section

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Psychology

Dates:

DateEvent
2013Published

Item ID:

26155

Date Deposited:

03 Apr 2019 13:49

Last Modified:

03 Apr 2019 13:49

URI:

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/26155

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