Benjamin Libet - Tributes

Tributes

Dr. Robert W. Doty, professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Rochester:

Benjamin Libet's discoveries are of extraordinary interest. His is almost the only approach yet to yield any credible evidence of how conscious awareness is produced by the brain. Libet's work is unique, and speaks to questions asked by all humankind.

Dr. Susan J. Blackmore, visiting lecturer at the University of the West of England, Bristol:

Many philosophers and scientists have argued that free will is an illusion. Unlike all of them, Benjamin Libet found a way to test it.

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