Perceived freedom of choice is associated with neural encoding of option availability.
Neuroimage August 15, 2018 Natalie Rens, Stefan Bode, Ross Cunnington
Freedom of choice has been defined as the opportunity to choose alternative plans of action. In this fMRI study, we investigated how the perceived freedom of choice and the underlying neural correlates are influenced by the availability of options. Participants made an initial free choice between left or right doors before beginning a virtual walk along a corridor. At the mid-point of the...
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.05.008 (opens in new tab)
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Decision-making
Embodied cognition
Free choice
Multi-voxel pattern analysis
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