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Book SynopsisIn The Will and its Brain, Hans Helmut Kornhuber and LÃder Deecke present evidence that proves we can record activity from the human brain occurring prior to our volitional actions. They claim that we have free will, albeit not absolutely free, but realized in degrees of freedom.
Trade Review. . . required reading for anybody interested in what neuroscience has to say about our capacity to make responsible decisions and be captains of our own destiny. -- Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University
Table of ContentsList of Figures Foreword Preface Preface to the German Edition Introduction — What is the Will? Chapter One: The Will — History and Transcultural Aspects Chapter Two: The Will — Its Association with Freedom Chapter Three: The Will and Psychiatry/Psychology Chapter Four: The Will and Neurophysiology/Brain Research Chapter Five: The Will and New Psychology Schools Chapter Six: The Will and the Real Function of the Frontal Lobe — Commander, Delegator, Supervisor and Rater Chapter Seven: The Will and the Evolution of Man — Creativeness and Cooperation — Common Will Chapter Eight: The Will and Dream Sleep, Feelings, Drives, Meaning-Happiness, Beauty, Love, Empathy and Theory of Mind Chapter Nine: The Will and the Limbic System, the Hypothalamus, the Arousal System, Circadian Rhythm, the Endocrine System, Fatigue and Impetus Chapter Ten: The Will is Not Strictly Coupled with Consciousness — There are Conscious and Unconscious Agendas in the Brain and Both are Important Chapter Eleven: The Will — Is it Grounded upon Freedom or upon Total Determinism? Chapter Twelve: The Will — Its Freedom is Not a Priori Granted: We Have to do Something for It — Actively Increasing our Degrees of Freedom Summary Bibliography Index Name Index
