Essays about: "free-will"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 35 essays containing the word free-will.

  1. 16. POLITICAL WILL, NO FREE WILL? A Quantitative Analysis of the Influence of Contextual Factors on Leaders’ Political Will to Fight HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Marcus Plahusch; [2018-02-20]
    Keywords : political will; HIV AIDS; Africa; public policy; political economy;

    Abstract : Political will has become a ‘silver bullet’ in political science to explain the outcomes of public policy reforms. While success is seen as proof of its existence, failure is regularly attributed to a lack of political will. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Neuroscience of Decision Making : The Importance of Emotional Neural Circuits in Decision Making

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Markus Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : neuroscience; somatic marker hypothesis; decision making; free will; moral responsibility;

    Abstract : The neuroscience of decision making is laying the puzzle of how the brain computes decisions. It tries to sort out which factors are responsible for causing us to choose one way or the other. This thesis reviews to what extent emotional brain processes and their neural circuits impact decision making. READ MORE

  4. 18. The antecedents of free will : The importance of concept heterogeneity inresearch interpretation and discussion

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Magnus J. C. Jensen; [2018]
    Keywords : Libet; readiness potential; fMRI classifier; free will;

    Abstract : Scientific research on free will was started by Libet et al. (1982). They detected that thereadiness potential (RP) proceeded urges with up to 350ms. One interpretation of the RP wasthat it represented motor planning. READ MORE

  5. 19. Påverkan av två olika omvårdnadsstilar vid separation-och återförening hos hund

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Malin Olsson; [2018]
    Keywords : anknytning; omvårdnad; separation; återförening; människa-hund relation;

    Abstract : A child’s attachment style and a caregiver’s caregiving style influences and matches each other. Attachment behaviours’ main goal is to seek proximity and security from the caregiver. READ MORE

  6. 20. Popcorn Politics – Selected Philip K. Dick Stories in Contemporary Film Adaptations

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Michal Skotnicki; [2015]
    Keywords : Philip K. Dick; Political Message; Allegory; Adaptation;

    Abstract : This essay is a comparative anlysis of ”Paycheck”, ”The Minority Report” and ”Adjustment Team” by Philip K. Dick and their film adaptations, Paycheck,  Minority Report and The Adjustment Bureau. I am primarily interested in the political message of the original stories and how it is affected in the process of transmediation into film. READ MORE