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What Is the Sense of Agency and Why Does it Matter?
Frontiers in Psychology · 2016 · Vol. 7 · pp. 1272–1272
James W. Moore✉(Goldsmiths University of London)
Abstract
Sense of agency refers to the feeling of control over actions and their consequences. In this article I summarize what we currently know about sense of agency; looking at how it is measured and what theories there are to explain it. I then explore some of the potential applications of this research, something that the sense of agency research field has been slow to identify and implement. This is a pressing concern given the increasing importance of 'research impact.'
Free Will and AgencyPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical InnovationsAgency (philosophy)Sense of agencyFeelingPsychologySense of controlSense (electronics)Social psychologyControl (management)Field (mathematics)Common sense
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