The influence of attention on the sense of agency during continuous actions

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K16007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Wen wen 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科(工学部), 客員研究員 (50646601)
• Research Collaborator: Minohara Rin 東京大学, 大学院・工学系研究科 ; Muramatsu Katsutoshi 東京大学, 工学部, 学部学生 ; Hamasaki Shunsuke 東京大学, 大学院・工学系研究科
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 運動主体感 / 注意 / 脳波

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present project examined the influence of attention on the sense of agency using both behavioral and neural approaches. During the first year of the project,I found out how the cognitive resource, arousal and level of attention influences the sense of agency. The results showed that limited cognitive resource or low arousal diminished the sense of agency, and the level of attention greatly influenced the sub-processes of the sense of agency using electroencephalogram (EEG). In the second year of the project, I examined the brain activities related to attention during the generation of the sense of agency, and clarified both the components before the action and after the sensory feedback that are relevant to the attentional processes in the sense of agency.

Free Research Field

認知科学