Abstract In 1983 Benjamin Libet and colleagues published a paper apparently challenging
the view that the conscious intention to move precedes the brain's preparation for …

The neuroscience of volition is an emerging subfield of the brain sciences, with hundreds of
papers on the role of consciousness in action formation published each year. This makes …

The readiness potential (RP)—a key ERP correlate of upcoming action—is known to
precede subjects' reports of their decision to move. Some view this as evidence against a …

Whether electronic, analog or quantum, a computer is a programmable machine. Wilder
Penfield held that the brain is literally a computer, because he was a dualist: the mind …

Narratives may be regarded as simulations of everyday social situations. They are key to
studying the human mind in socio-culturally determined contexts as they allow anchoring to …

The turn of qualitative inquiry suggests a more open, plural conception of psychology than
just the science of the mind and behavior as it is most commonly defined. Historical …

Past studies repeatedly found that biological explanations of mental disorders cause
laypeople and clinicians to doubt the effectiveness of psychotherapy. This could be clinically …

Abstract The preaching in Syrian Antioch by John Chrysostom of a series of sermons against
the Jews has frequently been viewed both as some of the most extreme anti-Jewish …

People commonly think of the mind and the brain as distinct entities that interact, a view
known as dualism. At the same time, the public widely acknowledges that science attributes …

Is it possible to reconcile the concept of conscious agency with the view that humans are
biological creatures subject to material causality? The problem of conscious agency is …