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Do you know what the concept/discovery is called in neuroscience where they have been able to prove that thoughts come into our mind like 20 something seconds before we actually are aware of the thought? — Asked by rightbehindsisyphus

Do you mean the Benjamin Libet study about conscious free will?  It was found that the average time the intention to move happened about 200 milliseconds before consciously willing the action, suggesting the brain prepared to do the action, before the thought occurred. Then there’s the veto window of about 100ms we can talk about if there’s nothing else going on tonight.