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Sense of agency

2017
Sāṃkhya and Yoga are two of the most renowned and influential schools of Indian philosophy. With its rigorous introduction to metaphysics, Sāṃkhya revolutionizes Indian philosophy by delineating the constituents of reality: puruṣa (consciousness) and prakṛti (matter).
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The Sense of Supernatural Agency

Journal of Cognition and Culture, 2021
Abstract The sense of supernatural agency constitutes a defining characteristic of the religious sphere of life. But what accounts for the continued cross-cultural recurrence of this psychological phenomenon over the course of human history? This paper reviews evidence indicating that the source of panhuman or universal cognitive patterns of thought ...
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The sensitivity and criterion of sense of agency

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
The sense of agency, which refers to the subjective feeling of control, is an essential aspect of self-consciousness. We argue that distinguishing between the sensitivity and criterion of this feeling is important for discussing individual differences in the sense of agency and its connections with other cognitive functions.
Wen, Wen, Acer Yu-Chan, Chang, Hiroshi, Imamizu   +2 more
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A Sense of Urgency on the Sense of Agency: Challenges in Evaluating Agency and Embodiment in Virtual Reality

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
Control over an avatar in virtual reality can improve one's perceived sense of agency and embodiment towards their avatar. Yet, the relationship between control on agency and embodiment remains unclear. This work aims to investigate two main ideas: (1) the effectiveness of currently used metrics in measuring agency and embodiment and (2) the ...
Christopher You, Roshan Venkatakrishnan, Rohith Venkatakrishnan, Zhuoming Han, Benjamin Lok, Tabitha C. Peck   +5 more
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Sense of Agency

2019
The chapter begins with an overview of some of the principles and assumptions involved in causal understanding, in general, and sense of agency, in particular. Methods for assessing sense of agency are then reviewed, with particular reference to how they can influence the target of investigation.
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The Sense of Agency in Psychology and Neuropsychology

2010
The sense of agency is an increasingly prominent field of research in psychology and the cognitive neurosciences. In this chapter, awareness of action is distinguished from the sense of agency, since they represent different elements of self-awareness and self-monitoring in action execution.
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The Sense of Agency in OCD

Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2017
This paper proposes an integrated account of the etiology of OCD that accommodates both dysfunctional cognitions and sensorimotor features of compulsive action. It is argued that cognitive/metacognitive theories do not aspire to address all obsessive-compulsive phenomenal properties and that empirical evidence concerning some of these requires the ...
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Neuropsychology of the Sense of Agency

2010
All living system self-regulates, or, within any living system, there needs to be communication between parts of that system. This can include a unit as small as a cell, a plant, or animal, or even more complex organism. For example, my systems are regulating my temperature: regulation is a property of the living system. Secondly, in order to act it is
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The Development of Sense of Agency

2011
Agency, a behavioral and psychological concept, is an individual?s sense of what they can do and what they think they can do. It is imperative to understand how a sense of agency in youths can be fostered and transformed into constructive action. This study builds on previous research to better identify predictors of agency, focusing on social and ...
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Ambiguity in the Sense of Agency

2013
In a variety of recent studies the concept of the sense of agency has been shown to be phenomenologically complex, involving different levels of experience, from the basic aspects of sensory-motor processing (e.g., Farrer et al. 2003; Tsakiris and Haggard 2005; Tsakiris, Bosbach, and Gallagher 2007) to the higher levels of intention formation and ...
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