Is consciousness required to withhold an impending action? : evidence from event-related brain potentials

This thesis explores whether a decision to withhold an impending motor action can be initiated unconsciously. There is much evidence to suggest that both voluntary actions and reactions to external events can be initiated without consciousness. However, there is some debate as to whether inhibition...

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Main Author: Hughes, Gethin
Published: Goldsmiths College (University of London) 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.500016