Imagine standing at a crossroads. You pause, thinking you’re about to make a choice — left or right, stay or go, yes or no. It feels deliberate, conscious, yours. But what if that moment of decision ...

In his new book, The Science of Free Will, Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at The University of Queensland, discusses three studies that asked college students and adults what they think it ...

Do you believe in free will? Some scholars do not — and they rely on evidence from the brain sciences to make their case. Some people find the dismissal of the idea that we are in control of our ...

That which one does because it is impossible to do otherwise, that is the Tao of the sage. –Chuang Tzu Human beings have a habit of fooling ourselves into thinking we are in control of our decisions. ...

Do you believe in free will? Some scholars do not—and they rely on evidence from the brain sciences to make their case. Some people find the dismissal of the idea that we are in control of our ...