TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - The sense of agency in near and far space
JO  - Consciousness and cognition
A1  - Mariano, Marika
A1  - Stanco, Giulia
A1  - Graps, Damiano Ignazio
A1  - Rossetti, Ileana
A1  - Bolognini, Nadia
A1  - Paulesu, Eraldo
A1  - Zapparoli, Laura
SP  - e103672
EP  - e103672
VL  - 120
IS  - 
N2  - The sense of agency is the ability to recognize that we are the actors of our actions and their consequences. We explored whether and how spatial cues may modulate the agency experience by manipulating the ecological validity of the experimental setup (real-space or computer-based setup) and the distance of the action-outcome (near or far). We tested 58 healthy adults collecting explicit agency judgments and the perceived time interval between movements and outcomes (to quantify the intentional binding phenomenon, an implicit index of agency). Participants show greater implicit agency for voluntary actions when there is a temporal and spatial action-outcome contingency. Conversely, participants reported similar explicit agency for outcomes appearing in the near and far space. Notably, these effects were independent of the ecological validity of the setting. These results suggest that spatial proximity, realistic or illusory, is essential for feeling implicitly responsible for the consequences of our actions.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1053-8100
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2024.103672
ID  - ref1
ER  -