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Advances in Psychological Science ›› 2019, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (5): 804-810.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2019.00804

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

WU Di1,2, GU Jingjin1,2, LI Ming3, ZHANG Miao1,2, ZHANG Ming4,5(), ZHAO Ke1,2, FU Xiaolan1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    2 Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3 Jishou University, Jishou 416000, China
    4 Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
    5 Department of Psychology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China, Beijing 116044, China
  • Received:2018-03-31 Online:2019-05-15 Published:2019-03-20
  • Contact: Ming ZHANG E-mail:zhaok@psych.ac.cn

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

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