volitional

Example Sentences

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As Dr. Westgate’s study showed, volitional daydreaming is especially hard without inspiration.

From New York Times

All we are directly and concretely acquainted with are our fears, desires, inclinations, etc., as experienced—that is, our felt volitional states.

From Scientific American

This combination brought about “severely limited active volitional movement.”

From Salon

However, it carries with it a seemingly difficult problem: if what is really out there are transpersonal volitional states, then why do seeing or hearing feel so different from desiring or fearing?

From Scientific American

When Schwartz was preparing to begin his postdoc, the neuroscience of volitional movement was still in its infancy.

From The New Yorker