Free will – an approach from the perspective of neuroscience
Romanian Journal of Medical Practice September 30, 2021 Adrian Sorin Mihalache, L. Zagrean
This article inventories neuroscience results relevant to the debate on free will, analyzing psychotherapeutic interventions, awareness, learning, attention monitoring, visualization, and forms of meditation. These practices produce changes in neurogenesis, neuroplasticity, and epigenetics, affecting health and quality of life. Because these interventions require conscious participation and voluntary action, the authors contend the findings are pertinent to discussions of free will. The article also argues for promoting participatory prevention and therapy, emphasizing personal responsibility for choices and actions and their impact on life.