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@article{citeulike:2673880, abstract = {There has been a long controversy as to whether subjectively 'free' decisions are determined by brain activity ahead of time. We found that the outcome of a decision can be encoded in brain activity of prefrontal and parietal cortex up to 10 s before it enters awareness. This delay presumably reflects the operation of a network of high-level control areas that begin to prepare an upcoming decision long before it enters awareness.}, address = {[1] Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. [2] Charit\'{e} – Universit\"{a}tsmedizin Berlin, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Haus 6, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany.}, author = {Soon, Chun Siong S. and Brass, Marcel and Heinze, Hans-Jochen J. and Haynes, John-Dylan D.}, citeulike-article-id = {2673880}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2112}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2112}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18408715}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18408715}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1038/nn.2112}, issn = {1097-6256}, journal = {Nature neuroscience}, keywords = {awareness, binary, brodmann\_area\_10, decision\_making, free\_choice, prefrontal\_cortex, unconscious}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {543--545}, posted-at = {2009-11-06 20:37:44}, priority = {2}, title = {Unconscious determinants of free decisions in the human brain.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2112}, volume = {11}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2673880 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2673880 N2 - There has been a long controversy as to whether subjectively 'free' decisions are determined by brain activity ahead of time. We found that the outcome of a decision can be encoded in brain activity of prefrontal and parietal cortex up to 10 s before it enters awareness. This delay presumably reflects the operation of a network of high-level control areas that begin to prepare an upcoming decision long before it enters awareness. IS - 5 JF - Nature neuroscience SN - 1097-6256 AD - [1] Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstrasse 1A, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. [2] Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Haus 6, Philippstrasse 13, 10115 Berlin, Germany. EP - 545 TI - Unconscious determinants of free decisions in the human brain. VL - 11 SP - 543 KW - awareness KW - binary KW - brodmann_area_10 KW - decision_making KW - free_choice KW - prefrontal_cortex KW - unconscious AU - Soon, Chun Siong AU - Brass, Marcel AU - Heinze, Hans-Jochen AU - Haynes, John-Dylan PY - 2008/05/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn.2112 ER -