Neurobiological perspectives of free will and freedom of choice

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The issue of free will and freedom of choice has been debated by countless theologians and philosophers throughout the history of mankind, but only recently have neuroscientists begun to address the subject from a neurobiological perspective. In this paper we explore the potential contributions of neurosciences towards answering the question of whether free will exists in humans and its potential neurobiological correlate. To accomplish this, we discuss the neural mechanisms of free will from two perspectives: that of voluntary movement and the stimulus response paradigm. We also address the role of awareness in free will and propose the existence of an underlying ‘volitional system’ contained within the central nervous system.