John Searle (of Chinese Room fame) argued against the notion that the readiness potential prior to wrist flexion, in the Libet paradigm, was responsible for the action of wrist flexing. Searle, instead, proposed the influence of _________ and contended that the intent to act existed prior to the readiness potential.
a. a mental set
b. a determining tendency
c. automaticity
d. free will
Answer: b. a determining tendency
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