Editing Epiphenomenalism (section)

== Arguments for ==
Some neurophysiological data has been proffered in support of epiphenomenalism.{{By whom|date=April 2024}}{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} Some of the oldest such data is the [[Bereitschaftspotential]] or "readiness potential" in which electrical activity related to voluntary actions can be recorded up to two seconds before the subject is aware of making a decision to perform the action. More recently [[Benjamin Libet]] et al. (1979) have shown that it can take 0.5 seconds before a stimulus becomes part of conscious experience even though subjects can respond to the stimulus in reaction time tests within 200 milliseconds. The methods and conclusions of this experiment have received much criticism (e.g., see the many critical commentaries in Libet's (1985) target article), including fairly recently by [[neuroscientist]]s such as [[Peter Tse]], who claim to show that the readiness potential has nothing to do with consciousness at all.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.dartmouth.edu/~peter/pdf/63.pdf|title=Hypnotizing Libet: Readiness potentials with non-conscious volition|journal=Consciousness and Cognition|volume=33|date=May 2015|first1=Alexander|last1=Schlegel|first2=Prescott|last2=Alexander|first3=Walter|last3=Sinnott-Armstrong|first4=Adina|last4=Roskies|first5=Peter|last5=Ulric Tse|first6=Thalia|last6=Wheatley|pages=196–203|doi=10.1016/j.concog.2015.01.002|pmid=25612537|s2cid=3847731}}</ref><!-- Section removed. See discussion-->