I believe that free will arises from reasoning. When confronted with two or more options humans use reasoning based usually on past experience to choose a single option from the 2 or more options.
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 8:13 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List < [email protected]> wrote: > Summary: Our ability to make choices -- and sometimes mistakes -- might > arise from random fluctuations in the brain's background electrical noise, > according to a recent study. New research shows how arbitrary states in the > brain can influence apparently voluntary decisions. > Excerpt: "The brain has a normal level of "background noise," Bengson > said, as electrical activity patterns fluctuate across the brain. In the > new study, decisions could be predicted based on the pattern of brain > activity immediately before a decision was made. > Bengson sat volunteers in front of a screen and told them to fix their > attention on the center, while using electroencephalography, or EEG, to > record their brains' electrical activity. The volunteers were instructed to > make a decision to look either to the left or to the right when a cue > symbol appeared on screen, and then to report their decision. > The cue to look left or right appeared at random intervals, so the > volunteers could not consciously or unconsciously prepare for it. > The brain has a normal level of "background noise," Bengson said, as > electrical activity patterns fluctuate across the brain. The researchers > found that the pattern of activity in the second or so before the cue > symbol appeared -- before the volunteers could know they were going to make > a decision -- could predict the likely outcome of the decision. > "The state of the brain right before presentation of the cue determines > whether you will attend to the left or to the right," Bengson said." > Does 'free will' stem from brain noise? > <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140609153508.htm> > [image: image] > <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140609153508.htm> > Does 'free will' stem from brain noise? > <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140609153508.htm> > Our ability to make choices -- and sometimes mistakes -- might arise from > random fluctuations in the brain's background electrical noise, according > to a r... > View on www.sciencedaily.com > <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140609153508.htm> > Preview by Yahoo > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
