Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Free will is the concept that humans are able to control their behaviors independent of their biology or environment. Free will is often correlated with the concept of a human soul that is separate from the body and mind.

Determinism is the idea that every phenomenon in the universe, down to the location of a subatomic particle, is caused by preceding factors. Determinism incorporates the nature of change, the unpredictability of chaoticism, and the impacts of meta-cognition—or thinking about thinking.

An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a scan that uses electricity to measure brain activity. The process involves attaching electrodes to the skull or inserting them into the brain using probes to measure activity.