Preoccupied minds feel less control: Sense of agency is modulated by cognitive load

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 556-561

  Hon, Nicholas ^a   Poh, Jia Hou ^b   Soon, Chun Siong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agency; Cognitive load

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENTAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; SELF CARE AGENCY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84876310309     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.03.004     Document Type: Article

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