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Volition and Action in the Human Brain: Processes, Pathologies, and Reasons

Itzhak Fried, Patrick Haggard, Biyu J. He and Aaron Schurger
Journal of Neuroscience 8 November 2017, 37 (45) 10842-10847; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2584-17.2017
Itzhak Fried
1Department of Neurosurgery and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024,
2Functional Neurosurgery Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel,
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Patrick Haggard
3Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom,
4Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom,
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Biyu J. He
5Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Physiology, and Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016,
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Aaron Schurger
6Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Universite Paris-Sud, 75013 Paris, France, and
7Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, NeuroSpin, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2584-17.2017
PubMed 
29118213
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History 
  • Received September 8, 2017
  • Revision received September 30, 2017
  • Accepted October 3, 2017
  • First published November 8, 2017.
  • Version of record published November 8, 2017.
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Author Information

  1. Itzhak Fried1,2,
  2. Patrick Haggard3,4,
  3. Biyu J. He5, and
  4. Aaron Schurger6,7
  1. 1Department of Neurosurgery and Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California–Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024,
  2. 2Functional Neurosurgery Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 64239, Israel,
  3. 3Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom,
  4. 4Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom,
  5. 5Departments of Neurology, Neuroscience and Physiology, and Radiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016,
  6. 6Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Universite Paris-Sud, 75013 Paris, France, and
  7. 7Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, NeuroSpin, CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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Author contributions

  1. I.F., P.H., B.J.H., and A.S. contributed equally to this work and are listed in alphabetical order.

Disclosures

    • Received September 8, 2017.
    • Revision received September 30, 2017.
    • Accepted October 3, 2017.
  • This work was supported by European Research Council Advanced Grant HUMVOL 323943 to P.H., the Bertarelli Foundation, and the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to B.J.H. A.S. was supported in part by European Research Council Starting Grant 640626. B.J.H. was supported by the Leon Levy Foundation and Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship. We thank Dan Sugrue, Brian Maniscalco, and Elisa Brann for advice and assistance.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Patrick Haggard, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, Alexandra House, 17 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, United Kingdom. p.haggard{at}ucl.ac.uk

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