Disrupting the experience of control in the human brain: Pre-supplementary motor area contributes to the sense of agency

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1693, 2010, Pages 2503-2509

  Moore, James W ^a   Ruge, Diane ^b   Wenke, Dorit ^c,d   Rothwell, John ^b   Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agency; Pre supplementary motor area; Sensorimotor cortex; Theta burst stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Voluntary action

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; NEUROLOGY; SENSORY SYSTEM; SIGNAL;

EID: 77956494603     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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