From Johns Hopkins U:
Johns Hopkins University researchers are the first to glimpse the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act.
Unlike most brain studies where scientists watch as people respond to cues or commands, Johns Hopkins researchers found a way to observe people’s brain activity as they made choices entirely on their own. The findings, which pinpoint the parts of the brain involved in decision-making and action, are now online, and due to appear in a special October issue of the journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
“How do we peek into people’s brains and find out how we make choices entirely on our own?” asked Susan Courtney, a professor of psychological and brain sciences. “What parts of the brain are involved in free choice?”More.
See also: How can we believe in naturalism if we have no choice?
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I hope they weren’t using that buggy statistical software that everyone else has been using for analyzing fMRI scans…
Here’s an article about the software that EDTA is referring to:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2....._research/
-Q
Querius @2, thank you. (I thought I had posted a link some weeks ago, but WordPress rejects my posts if I use the same link more than once…)
You’re welcome and good to know. I’ve not been able to find what statistical software that they used.
-Q