Sense of Agency

The sense of agency refers to the subjective experience of controlling one's actions and perceiving their effects on the world. Interest in the sense of agency has exploded since the early 2000s, largely because scientists have learned that it can be studied objectively through analyses of human judgment, behavior, and the brain. This book provides the first structured survey of this nascent but rapidly growing interdisciplinary field, featuring perspectives from leading researchers in engineering, psychology, neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, and philosophy of mind.

About the author

Patrick Haggard is Professor in the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Department of Psychology at University College London.

Baruch Eitam is Professor of Psychology at the University of Haifa, Israel.

Summary

This book provides the first structured survey of this nascent but rapidly growing interdisciplinary field, featuring perspectives from leading researchers in engineering, psychology, neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, and philosophy of mind.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Haggard, Patrick (Professor in the Institute of Co Haggard, Patrick Eitam Haggard
• Assisted by: Baruch Eitam (Editor), Eitam Baruch (Editor), Patrick Haggard (Editor), Haggard Patrick (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2015
• EAN: 9780190267278
• ISBN: 978-0-19-026727-8
• No. of pages: 448
• Series: Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience; Social Cognition and Social Ne
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognitivism, cognitive theory