Précis of the illusion of conscious will.
The Behavioral and brain sciences October 1, 2004 Daniel M Wegner 247 citations
The experience of conscious will is the feeling that we are doing things. This feeling occurs for many things we do, conveying to us again and again the sense that we consciously cause our actions. But the feeling may not be a true reading of what is happening in our minds, brains, and bodies as our actions are produced. The feeling of conscious will can be fooled. This happens in clinical...