When our thoughts are not our own: Investigating agency misattributions using the Mind-to-Mind paradigm

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 589-602

  Swiney, Lauren ^a   Sousa, Paulo ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory hallucinations; Mind to Mind paradigm; Schizophrenia; Sense of agency; Thought insertion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MIND TO MIND PARADIGM; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 84876697150     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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