Searle argues for the view that, even given the presence of the readiness potential, the subject can change her mind and decide not to perform the action in question. True or false

Answer 1

John Searle criticizes Libet experiment that attempts to prove that Readiness Potential brings the act of pushing the button. This can be understood from the following quote by Searle:

The cases in question are all cases where the subject has already made up his mind to eventually perform a course of action, and the brain has an increased activity prior to his awareness of a conscious decision to physically perform it; but the presence of the readiness potential does not constitute a causally sufficient condition for the performance of the action. It could be the case that a person would have been inclined to push a button, that the brain then undertook the activity called readiness potential, and that the person would not push the button. Readiness potential in the brain is not a condition that is sufficient to cause the act. It is associated with the act but does not determine it.