Sense of agency in the human brain

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 197-208

  Haggard, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE; CONNECTOME; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE AGENCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPONSIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE AGENCY; REVIEW; SENSE OF AGENCY; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SOCIETY; BRAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF CONTROL;

BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-CONTROL;

EID: 85014117602     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2017.14     Document Type: Review

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