The “sense of agency” and its underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms

David, Nicole; Newen, Albert; Vogeley, Kai

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2008.03.004

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The “sense of agency” and its underlying cognitive and neural mechanisms

David, Nicole, Newen, Albert, Vogeley, Kai·2008·Consciousness and Cognition

DOI 10.1016/j.concog.2008.03.004

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The sense of agency is a central aspect of human self-consciousness and refers to the experience of oneself as the agent of one's own actions. Several different cognitive theories on the sense of agency have been proposed implying divergent empirical approaches and results, especially with respect to neural correlates. A multifactorial and multilevel model of the sense of agency may provide the most constructive framework for integrating divergent theories and findings, meeting the complex nature of this intriguing phenomenon.

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The comparator model has been used to account for the sense of agency, where inference about endogenous control over the causes of sensory signals underpins the sense that an action is agentive or self-generated.
“Subsequently, the comparator model has been used to account for the sense of agency (Feinberg 1978; Frith 2005; David et al. 2008), where inference about endogenous control over the causes of sensory signals is thought to underpin the sense that an action is agentive or self-generated.”
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Authors: David, N., Newen, A., & Vogeley, K.
Affiliations: University of Cologne (DE)
Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
Corresponding author: David, Nicole
ORCID: David, Nicole
Newen, Albert
Vogeley, Kai
Venue: Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2008-06
Volume: 17
Issue: 2
Pages: 523-534
ISSN: 1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.03.004
OpenAlex: W2042069201
Cited by: 506
References: 117
Citations by year: 2026: 26 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 36 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 66 · 2019: 51 · 2018: 38 · 2017: 34 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 30 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 23 · 2012: 19
FWCI: 5.61
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Consciousness and Cognition (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Free Will and Agency
Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords: sense of agency, self-consciousness, neural correlates, self-control, action control, self-monitoring, multilevel models
MeSH terms: Brain, Cognition, Consciousness, Humans, Models, Theoretical, Self Concept

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