Sense of agency based on action and causation: The mechanism of intentional binding effect for voluntary action

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1042.2019.00804

Abstract

Abstract:

The intentional binding effect refers to subjective compression in time between a voluntary action and its delayed outcome. Sense of agency based on action and causation are two explanations for this effect. We first introduced the mechanisms underlying sense of agency related to action and sense of agency related to causation to interpret the intentional binding effect through providing corresponding evidence from both behavioral and neural perspectives. Meanwhile, we discussed the relationship between these two explanations for the intentional binding effect. We provide two perspectives regarding the relationship between the two factors to explain intentional binding effect.

Key words: voluntary action, sense of agency, causation, intentional binding effect

CLC Number:

B842

WU Di, GU Jingjin, LI Ming, ZHANG Miao, ZHANG Ming, ZHAO Ke, FU Xiaolan. Sense of agency based on action and causation: The mechanism of intentional binding effect for voluntary action[J]. Advances in Psychological Science, 2019, 27(5): 804-810.

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