Benjamin Libet

16.2k citations
138 papers · 10.4k · 2 hit papers · h-index 44

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Papers in

    • Neural dynamics and brain function 40
    • EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces 24
    • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies 22
    • Free Will and Agency 15
    • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research 28
    • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research 10

Benjamin Libet

130 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Benjamin Libet's Hit Papers

Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will in voluntary action 1985 · 1.5k citations
1.5k0+14+28Years since publication50010001.5k

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Benjamin Libet
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  • Cognitive Neuroscience 6.4k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2.5k
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1.5k
  • Social Psychology 1.7k
  • General Psychology 107
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Benjamin Libet, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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TIME OF CONSCIOUS INTENTION TO ACT IN RELATION TO ONSET OF CEREBRAL ACTIVITY (READINESS-POTENTIAL)
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19831700
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Unconscious cerebral initiative and the role of conscious will in voluntary action
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19851526
3 1993486
4 1979463
5 1961380
6 1967309
7 1958287
8 1982281
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Generation of slow inhibitory and excitatory postsynaptic potentials.
1971258
10 1964256
11 1983217
12 1970207
13 1965168
14 1974167
15 1991160
16 1975153
17 1970146
18 1968127
19 1981125
20 1993120

About Benjamin Libet

Benjamin Libet is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Neurology, having authored 138 papers that have together received 10.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Neural dynamics and brain function (40 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (28 papers), EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (24 papers), Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (22 papers), Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling (15 papers), Free Will and Agency (15 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (11 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cognitive Neuroscience (6.4k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (2.5k citations), Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (1.5k citations), Social Psychology (1.7k citations) and General Psychology (107 citations). Benjamin Libet has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Curtis A. Gleason, Dennis K. Pearl, Elwood W. Wright, E. W. Wright, B. Feinstein, Haruo Kobayashi, Tsuneo Tosaka, Rosamond M. Eccles, W. Watson Alberts and Robert R. Young. Their work appears in journals such as Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Brain Research, The Journal of Physiology, Journal of Neurophysiology and Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology.

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