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The Will of the Brain: Cerebral Correlates of Willful Acts

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Neurobiology of Decision-Making

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital, 221 85, Lund, Sweden

    D. H. Ingvar

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  1. Department of Neurology Division of Cognitive Neuroscience, The University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, 53342, USA

    A. R. Damasio M.D., Ph.D.  & H. Damasio M.D.  & 

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    Y. Christen Ph.D.

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Ingvar, D.H. (1996). The Will of the Brain: Cerebral Correlates of Willful Acts. In: Damasio, A.R., Damasio, H., Christen, Y. (eds) Neurobiology of Decision-Making. Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79928-0_7

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