The experience of agency in human-computer interactions: A review

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2014, Pages

  Limerick, Hannah ^a   Coyle, David ^a   Moore, James W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer assistance; Control; Human computer interaction; Joint action; Sense of agency; Technology

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION; AUTOMATION; BRAIN MACHINE INTERFACE; COGNITION; COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; LATENT PERIOD; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SENSE OF AGENCY; SENSOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY FEEDBACK; TACTILE FEEDBACK; VISUAL FEEDBACK;

EID: 84930622377     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00643     Document Type: Review

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