Sources of Human Volition; Self-Control of Decision-Making

[Gary Cziko 2009.05.09 08:54 CDT]

Two articles from today’s issue of Science that should be of interest to at least some PCTers. The titles are:

  • The Sources of Human Volition
  • Self-Control in Decision-Making Involves Modulation of the vmPFC Valuation Syste

Enjoy!

– Gary

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Gary Cziko [“SEE-ko”]

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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[From Bill Powers (2009.05.09.0705 MDT)]

Gary Cziko 2009.05.09 08:54 CDT –

Two articles from today’s issue
of Science that should be of interest to at least some PCTers. The titles
are:

  • The Sources of Human Volition
  • Self-Control in Decision-Making Involves Modulation of the vmPFC
    Valuation System

BP: Gary, I couldn’t find the first one (on volition): where did you see
it?

Best,

Bill P.

[from Gary Cziko 2009.05.09 09:29 CDT]

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On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 08:07, Bill Powers powers_w@frontier.net wrote:

[From Bill Powers (2009.05.09.0705 MDT)]

BP: Gary, I couldn’t find the first one (on volition): where did you see
it?

You should have received two attachments. It’s in the first. You have to scroll down a bit to see the article on volition (but only if you want to! ).

– Gary