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Get Out of Your Own Way
Fishing in the stream of consciousness, researchers now can detect our intentions and predict our choices before we are aware of them ourselves. The brain, they have found, appears to make up its mind 10 seconds before we become conscious of a decision — an eternity at the speed of thought.
Their findings challenge conventional notions of choice.
“We think our decisions are conscious,” said neuroscientist John-Dylan Haynes at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience in Berlin, who is pioneering this research. “But these data show that consciousness is just the tip of the iceberg. This doesn’t rule out free will, but it does make it implausible.”
Through a series of intriguing experiments, scientists in Germany, Norway and the U.S. have analyzed the distinctive cerebral activity that foreshadows our choices. They have tracked telltale waves of change through the cells that orchestrate our memory, language, reason and self-awareness.
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Home Based Business on January 21st, 2009 6:12 pm
This is pretty dang interesting! The power of the mind is amazing!
Jaclyn on January 22nd, 2009 9:29 am
That was very interesting to read. I although don’t find it hard to believe that the mind actually makes it’s choice a whole 10 seconds before were aware of it. i mean think about it…after the decision is made, then the message still has to be sent to the part of the brain that put’s the decision in actual motion. this would take some time…apparantly 10 seconds worth of time.
Carolee on January 23rd, 2009 3:26 pm
Just found this site-great info!
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