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

Stefan Bode; Carsten Murawski; Chun Siong Soon; Philipp Bode; Jutta Stahl; Philip L Smith

Journal article

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

Stefan Bode, Carsten Murawski, Chun Siong Soon, Philipp Bode, Jutta Stahl, Philip L Smith

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2014.10.017

University of Melbourne Researchers

Carsten Murawski Author Finance

Philip Smith Author Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

Stefan Bode Author Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

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Awarded by Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Awarded by Australian Research Council Discovery Grant

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors thank John Armstrong, Olivia Carter, Damien Crone, Daniel Bennett, Daniel Rosenblatt, Bowen Fung, Hayley McFadyen, Maia Tarrell, Christina Van Heer, Katharina Voigt, Kathleen Charles-Walsh and Carmen Morawetz for support and comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. The authors declare no conflict of interests. This work was supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE 140100350) to S.B., a Department of Finance Initiative Project Grant from the University of Melbourne to C.M. and S.B., and an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (DP 110103406) to P.S.