Demystifying "free will": the role of contextual information and evidence accumulation for predictive brain activity.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

• Publication date

  2014-11-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Philosophy, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1016/J.NEUBIOREV.2014.10.017PMID 25452111
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