Humans and monkeys distinguish between self-generated, opposing, and random actions.
Anim Cogn
; 18(1): 231-8, 2015 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-25108418
The sense of self-agency results from monitoring the relationship between prior thoughts and action plans, sensorimotor information, and perceived outcomes. It is thought to be an important factor underlying self-recognition and self-awareness. Three experiments investigated the sense of self-agency in humans and rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). First, humans were asked to move a cursor with a joystick while several distractor cursors also moved on-screen. They were asked to identify either the cursor they were controlling, or a distractor using visual cues alone. Six rhesus macaques were then given a similar task in which they needed to identify a self-controlled cursor that was paired with several different types of distractors. Both groups were able to identify the self-controlled cursor, and monkeys performed best when the oppositely moving cursor was the distractor. A third experiment showed that humans, like macaques, use both perceptual and self-agency information to make decisions.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Formación de Concepto
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Discriminación en Psicología
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Adolescent
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
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Anim Cogn
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA VETERINARIA
Año:
2015
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Alemania