Intentional binding and self-transcendence: Searching for pro-survival behavior in sense-of-agency.
Keiyu Niikuni, Miho Nakanishi, Motoaki Sugiura
Consciousness and Cognition July 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2022.103351 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Measures | Libet clock method, power-to-live questionnaire |
| Keywords | Individual difference Intentional binding Pro-survival behavioral quality Self-transcendence Sense of agency Sensorimotor process |
| Key points | Intentional binding measured by the Libet clock method was significantly correlated with and contributed to the self-transcendence factor of the power-to-live questionnaire. The authors argue this indicates that sensorimotor processes of sense of agency contribute to pro-survival behavioral quality in the domain of self-transcendence, possibly explained by a social-cognitive hypothesis linking contingency detection to social embeddedness and moral compliance. |
Abstract
Sense-of-agency (SoA) is implicated in a wide range of pro-survival behavioral capacities from a classical psychological perspective. However, in recent years, SoA has primarily been considered a sensorimotor process indexed by intentional binding, and pro-survival behavioral capacity has been considered multifactorial. To revisit their association, considering such conceptual updates, we examined the relationship between intentional binding and eight factors of pro-survival behavioral capacity (as defined by the power-to-live questionnaire). The level of intentional binding measured using the Libet clock method was significantly correlated with, and contributed to, the self-transcendence factor of the power-to-live questionnaire. The results demonstrated the contribution of the sensorimotor processes of SoA to pro-survival behavioral quality in the domain of self-transcendence, which may be explained by a recent social-cognitive hypothesis for the development from contingency detection to social embeddedness and moral compliance.