There is no free won't: antecedent brain activity predicts decisions to inhibit.

Inhibition of prepotent action is an important aspect of self-control, particularly in social contexts. Action inhibition and its neural bases have been extensively studied. However, the neural precursors of free decisions to inhibit have hardly been studied. We asked participants to freely choose t...

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Main Authors: Elisa Filevich, Simone Kühn, Patrick Haggard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3572111?pdf=render