The role of body-related afferent signals in human sense of agency

M Pyasik, T Furlanetto, L Pia - Journal of Experimental …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Journal of Experimental Neuroscience, 2019journals.sagepub.com
At present, most of the neurocognitive models of human sense of agency (ie,“this action is
due to my own will”) have been traditionally rooted in a variety of internal efferent signals
arising within the motor system. However, recent neuroscientific evidence has suggested
that also the body-related afferent signals that subserve body ownership (ie,“this body is
mine”) might have a key role in this process. Accordingly, in the present review paper, we
briefly examined the literature investigating how and to what extent body ownership …
At present, most of the neurocognitive models of human sense of agency (ie, “this action is due to my own will”) have been traditionally rooted in a variety of internal efferent signals arising within the motor system. However, recent neuroscientific evidence has suggested that also the body-related afferent signals that subserve body ownership (ie, “this body is mine”) might have a key role in this process. Accordingly, in the present review paper, we briefly examined the literature investigating how and to what extent body ownership contributes to building up human motor consciousness. Evidence suggests that, if required by the context, body ownership per se can act on agency attribution (ie, independently from efferent signals). Hence, a unitary and coherent subjective experience of willed actions (ie, “this willed action is being realized by my own body”) requires both awareness of being an agent and of owning the body.
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