There's a rumored experiment called the "precognitive carousel", supposedly run by Grey Walter, where:
(1) Subjects are told to push a button to advance a slide projector carousel, but not told that the button is inert
(2) The carousel advances based on electrical signals measured by wires on the subjects' scalp.
(3) Subjects supposedly report the uncanny feeling that the projector advances "just before" they were about to push the button -- 300-400 milliseconds before, a pretty long time.
I read about this a long time ago in a since-deleted post on an old timey internet forum (everything2).
The writer suggested this research supports the idea that your body chooses what to do, then informs your brain, and your consciousness convinces itself that has decided to do what the body is about to do on its own.
(1) Subjects are told to push a button to advance a slide projector carousel, but not told that the button is inert
(2) The carousel advances based on electrical signals measured by wires on the subjects' scalp.
(3) Subjects supposedly report the uncanny feeling that the projector advances "just before" they were about to push the button -- 300-400 milliseconds before, a pretty long time.
I read about this a long time ago in a since-deleted post on an old timey internet forum (everything2).
The writer suggested this research supports the idea that your body chooses what to do, then informs your brain, and your consciousness convinces itself that has decided to do what the body is about to do on its own.