Reply #2: The conclusions are huge extrapolations from the experiments described.

[Jim__]

The experiment descibed has a decision being made on the basis of no input (just an "urge") and no consequence of the action (at least none is described). I don't see any basis to extrapolate from this experiment to the conclusion (as in that the subjective experience of free will is something of a perceptual illusion) that when I am deciding how much of my paycheck to deposit in the bank tomorrow, my "decision" is really an illusion and my brain actually decides outside of my conscious awareness.

As to the "free won't", I agree that we have that on some occasions. But, for instance, when I decide to run across the street and as I begin to step into the street, I see a car out of the corner of my eye, I believe I stop as an unconscious reflex. IOW, sometimes my "won't" is not a free decision.

Do I believe there are unconscious aspects to our conscious decision making? Yes. But I don't believe that the descriptions supplied in the article begin to address the complexity.