When moving without volition: Implied self-causation enhances binding strength between involuntary actions and effects

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 501-506

  Dogge, Myrthel ^a   Schaap, Marloes ^a   Custers, Ruud ^a   Wegner, Daniel M ^b   Aarts, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency; Implied self causation; Inferential processes; Intentional binding; Voluntary vs. involuntary movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; SELF CAUSATION; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; CAUSALITY; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; TIME PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 84857499789     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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