The experience of agency: An interplay between prediction and postdiction

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Synofzik, Matthis ^a,b   Vosgerau, Gottfried ^c   Voss, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency; Comparator model; Control; Delusions of influence; Efference copy; Internal model; Optimal cue integration; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878788356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00127     Document Type: Article

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