This paper develops the thought that the possibility that mental processes control physiological processes makes it possible to effectively monitor the search for options and decision-taking, which is subjectively perceived as free will.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel’nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 67, No. 6, pp. 728–729, November–December, 2017.
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Ivanitsky, A.M. Top-Down Influences from the Mental Level to the Physiological May Be the Basis of Free Will. Neurosci Behav Physi 49, 620–621 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-019-00778-0
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