What Is the Sense of Agency and Why Does it Matter?
James W Moore
Frontiers in Psychology 2016 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01272 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | OCD Aging Consciousness Free will Human-computer-interaction Legal Responsibility Schizophrenia |
| Key findings | Reviews how sense of agency is measured and theorized, and argues that the field has been slow to identify and implement practical applications. The author contends this gap is pressing given the increasing importance of 'research impact.' |
Abstract
Sense of agency refers to the feeling of control over actions and their consequences. In this article I summarize what we currently know about sense of agency; looking at how it is measured and what theories there are to explain it. I then explore some of the potential applications of this research, something that the sense of agency research field has been slow to identify and implement. This is a pressing concern given the increasing importance of 'research impact.'
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