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The document summarizes and critiques an influential but flawed 1980s experiment by Benjamin Libet that seemed to show that the brain makes decisions before a person is consciously aware of it. The experiment asked participants to press a button and note when they decided to do so, while monitoring brain activity. It found brain activity related to the action half a second before the decision was reported. However, the document argues the experiment had many issues, such as participants

Author

Gardenia Andrade

Language

EN