Preparing to move and deciding not to move.
A commentary is given on Trevena and Miller (2010). The comparability of their experimental task and of the potential they recorded with those used and recorded by Libet, Gleason, Wright, and Pearl (1983a) is questioned. An interpretation is given for the similarity of event-related potentials recorded when subjects decided to move and when they decided not to move.
Gomes
Gilberto
G
Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense, Laboratory of Cognition and Language, R. Lopes Quintas 100-605-I, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ggomes@uenf.br
D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D003265:Contingent Negative Variation / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology; D014836:Volition / Q000502:physiology*