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Speed of consciousness results: Implications for conscious agency and free will

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2026

Adina L. Roskies Open the ORCID record for Adina L. Roskies [Opens in a new window]
Adina L. Roskies*
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Department of Philosophy, University of California Santa Barbara, Goleta, US aroskies@ucsb.edu
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Abstract

Speed of consciousness results may contribute to the popular notion that our consciousness is inefficacious. I argue that Fleming and Michel’s claim that consciousness is slow, coupled with their idea that consciousness marks a predictive world model, instead supports a view of agency in which we are consciously engaged with the world as it unfolds, both in perception and response.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 49 , 2026 , e188
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Cambridge University Press

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