title: Performance monitoring reconciles intentional reasons with neural causes.
abstract: Endorsing the conceptual clarity of Nachev and Hacker, we offer an alternative perspective on intention and action that focuses on consequences instead of the antecedents of action. We propose that given many-to-one mapping of brain states to body movements, the brain processes that monitor action consequences offer a reconciliation of intentional reasons with neural causes. This proposal offers an enriched compatibilist position providing useful leverage on questions of responsibility and culpability.
authors.affiliation: a Center for Integrative & Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology , Vanderbilt University , Nashville , TN , USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Schall
authors.forename: Anna K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Garr
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D012919:Social Behavior