A problem for Wegner and colleagues' model of the sense of agency

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-357

  Carruthers, Glenn ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Self consciousness; Sense of agency; Sense of self; Wegner

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955231491     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-010-9150-6     Document Type: Article

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