Sense of Agency: from sensorimotor processing to meta-representation

CNCC Networking Workshop

University of Edinburgh, 30th June 2008


 

Description:

 

One important difference between actions and passive bodily movements is that the former but not he latter seem to be accompanied by a distinct sense of agency i.e. a feeling that one is initiating and controlling the movement. However, a considerable amount of empirical work calls into question the assumption that this sense of agency might be simply an expression of this control. This workshop will explore different ways of understanding the notion of the sense of agency.

 

 

Programme

10.00-11.15
11.15-11.30
Coffee
11.30-12.45

Manos Tsakiris (UCL)

Experimenting with agency, or What do we actually measure when we study agency?

12.45-14.00
Lunch
14.00-15.15

Thomas Goschke (TU Dresden)

Unconscious priming of conscious will: Influences of subliminal action-effects on free choice and experienced control


15.15-15.30
Coffee
15.30-16.45

Shaun Gallagher (UCF)

Sensorimotor, cognitive, and metacognitive contributories to the sense of agency

16.45-17.00
Coffee
17.00-18.00
Round Table Discussion

 

Information on registration can be found here. For any other information contact the organiser: Till Vierkant (T.Vierkant (at) ed.ac.uk).

 

Back to the CONTACT Edinburgh Summer 2008 Conferences

 

 

 

This workshop is organised by CONTACT Edinburgh and forms a part of the EUROCORES programme “Consciousness in a Natural and Cultural Context".

 

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