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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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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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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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Itzhak Fried, Patrick Haggard, Biyu J. He, Aaron Schurger
Journal of Neuroscience 8 November 2017, 37 (45) 10842-10847; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2584-17.2017

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Itzhak Fried, Patrick Haggard, Biyu J. He, Aaron Schurger
Journal of Neuroscience 8 November 2017, 37 (45) 10842-10847; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2584-17.2017
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