The experience of agency: Feelings, judgments, and responsibility

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 242-246

  Haggard, Patrick ^a   Tsakiris, Manos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action; Agency; Monitoring; Prediction; Volition

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949158516     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8721.2009.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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