AVClub: When we take time to clear our heads, to make sure we’re making a decision in our right minds, is it truly that we’re deliberating on a matter and then consciously choosing the wisest course of action? Or is it more that the time simply allows our inner drives—our ”daemons,” if you will—to make a choice for us? Is staking out a path a matter of evaluation and intelligence, or rationalization and acceptance? There’s a study that took place at SUNY in which rats with electrodes implanted in their brains could be steered up and down ladders and along hallways. What will really be interesting is the first time these are implanted in humans: After being instructed to walk left or right, the person will look up, and report whether they felt their body move against their will, or whether they simply “decided” that was the direction in which they wanted to go.
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