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Scientists Spot Brain's 'Free Will' Center
Date:8/23/2007

, who knows?

"Much of our society is based on the concept of not only free will but also 'free won't,' the inhibition of response," Masur explained. "The difference between us as intelligent ordered social creatures and the society that would run amok is the ability to inhibit our responses, the ability to take control if a situation calls for it, to stop acting in a particular way . . . Maybe down the line somebody can develop a drug or hormone or transmitter system that targets that particular area of brain which strengthens the ability to negate responses which are too impulsive."

"It's a fascinating mind-brain question about where does our free will begin and end," added Meador.

More information

There's more on how the brain is structured at Brainexplorer.org.



SOURCES: Kimford Meador, M.D., professor, neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, and spokesman, American Academy of Neurology; Rajesh Miranda, Ph.D., associate professor, neuroscience and experimental therapeutics, Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine; David Masur, Ph.D., director, neuropsychology, department of neurology, Montefiore Medical Center and clinical professor of neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City; John Hart, M.D., behavioral neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist, University of Texas at Dallas, and spokesman, American Academy of Neurology; Aug. 22, 2007, The Journal of Neuroscience


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