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The sense of conscious will

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2005

Gene M. Heyman
Gene M. Heyman*
Affiliation:
Behavioral Psychopharmacology Research Laboratory and Psychiatry, McLean Hospital; Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA02478
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gmheyman@mclean.harvard.edu
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Abstract:

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Wegner's conclusion that conscious will is an illusion follows from a key omission in his analysis. Although he describes conscious will as an experience, akin to one of the senses, he omits its objective correlate. The degree to which behavior can be influenced by its consequences (voluntariness) provides an objective correlate for conscious will. With conscious will anchored to voluntariness, the illusion disappears.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 27 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 663 - 664
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004