A 2007 experiment at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience showed brain activity signaling a choice being made up to seven seconds before the subject experienced knowledge of making a choice.
The researcher believed this indicated that free will is an illusion. Critics disagreed because ________.
A. brain scans are like watching the brain think
B. the researcher was unable to replicate his results
C. the brain may simply have been ramping up to make a decision
D. Socrates had conducted similar experiments and come to a different conclusion
Question 2
Unlike the hard determinists, Jean-Paul Sartre assumed that human freedom is _______.
A. real and total
B. an illusion
C. only partially correct
D. impeded by external forces
Brain Dissection
Brain Activation During a Rhyming Task
Do you know what that large object in the center of the photo is? In the 1920s, 30s, and 40s, ...
The blood–brain barrier.
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