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The discovery of the BP by Kornhuber and Deecke (1965) opened the way for further analyses of the volitional process, and it made possible my studies of the conscious will to act in relation to neural events in the brain.
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Libet, B. (2003). The Bereitschafts Potential (BP) and the Conscious Will/Intention to Act. In: Jahanshahi, M., Hallett, M. (eds) The Bereitschaftspotential. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0189-3_3
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