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Attribution of Intentional Causation Influences the Perception of Observed Movements: Behavioral Evidence and Neural Correlates

Recent research on human agency suggests that intentional causation is associated with a subjective compression in the temporal interval between actions and their effects. That is, intentional movements and their causal effects are perceived as closer together in time than equivalent unintentional m...

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Autores principales: Moore, James W., Teufel, Christoph, Subramaniam, Naresh, Davis, Greg, Fletcher, Paul C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372562
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00023
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author Moore, James W.
Teufel, Christoph
Subramaniam, Naresh
Davis, Greg
Fletcher, Paul C.
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description Recent research on human agency suggests that intentional causation is associated with a subjective compression in the temporal interval between actions and their effects. That is, intentional movements and their causal effects are perceived as closer together in time than equivalent unintentional movements and their causal effects. This so-called intentional binding effect is consistently found for one’s own self-generated actions. It has also been suggested that intentional binding occurs when observing intentional movements of others. However, this evidence is undermined by limitations of the paradigm used. In the current study we aimed to overcome these limitations using a more rigorous design in combination with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to explore the neural underpinnings of intentional binding of observed movements. In particular, we aimed to identify brain areas sensitive to the interaction between intentionality and causality attributed to the observed action. Our behavioral results confirmed the occurrence of intentional binding for observed movements using this more rigorous paradigm. Our fMRI results highlighted a collection of brain regions whose activity was sensitive to the interaction between intentionality and causation. Intriguingly, these brain regions have previously been implicated in the sense of agency over one’s own movements. We discuss the implications of these results for intentional binding specifically, and the sense of agency more generally.
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spelling pubmed-35574152013-01-31 Attribution of Intentional Causation Influences the Perception of Observed Movements: Behavioral Evidence and Neural Correlates Moore, James W. Teufel, Christoph Subramaniam, Naresh Davis, Greg Fletcher, Paul C. Front Psychol Psychology Recent research on human agency suggests that intentional causation is associated with a subjective compression in the temporal interval between actions and their effects. That is, intentional movements and their causal effects are perceived as closer together in time than equivalent unintentional movements and their causal effects. This so-called intentional binding effect is consistently found for one’s own self-generated actions. It has also been suggested that intentional binding occurs when observing intentional movements of others. However, this evidence is undermined by limitations of the paradigm used. In the current study we aimed to overcome these limitations using a more rigorous design in combination with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to explore the neural underpinnings of intentional binding of observed movements. In particular, we aimed to identify brain areas sensitive to the interaction between intentionality and causality attributed to the observed action. Our behavioral results confirmed the occurrence of intentional binding for observed movements using this more rigorous paradigm. Our fMRI results highlighted a collection of brain regions whose activity was sensitive to the interaction between intentionality and causation. Intriguingly, these brain regions have previously been implicated in the sense of agency over one’s own movements. We discuss the implications of these results for intentional binding specifically, and the sense of agency more generally. Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-01-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3557415/ /pubmed/23372562 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00023 Text en Copyright © 2013 Moore, Teufel, Subramaniam, Davis and Fletcher. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in other forums, provided the original authors and source are credited and subject to any copyright notices concerning any third-party graphics etc.
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Attribution of Intentional Causation Influences the Perception of Observed Movements: Behavioral Evidence and Neural Correlates
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557415/
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