[Neuroscience] Brain makes decisions before you even know it

[John Hasenkam]

In a way not surprising but I find the 10 sec delay suspicious. It is also a 
simple decision making process(left or right button). I don't think that is 
representative of most decision making processes.



http://www.nature.com/news/2008/080411/full/news.2008.751.html

Your brain makes up its mind up to ten seconds before you realize it, 
according to researchers. By looking at brain activity while making a 
decision, the researchers could predict what choice people would make before 
they themselves were even aware of having made a decision.

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