In famous studies performed by Libet and Soon, it was found that unconscious brain activity occurred before a conscious action was made and that the decision making brain activity could determine a person’s choice seconds before an action was made. This neural activity lead to the discovery of readiness potentials. Readiness potentials are neural potentials that occur before a conscious voluntary movement is made. The finding of these readiness potentials lead to some debate in the existence of free will. In order for a person to have free will, alternate choices are assumed. This seems to contradict the stance that decisions are pre-determined before we have a conscious realization of action. If decisions made in the past create decision
