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Intentionality as a constituting condition for the own self--and other selves
Andreas Wohlschläger1, Kai Engbert, Patrick Haggard
1Max-Planck-Institut für psychologische Forschung, Cognition and Action, Amalienstrasse 33, München D-80799, Germany. wohlschlaeger@psy.mpg.de
Consciousness and Cognition
|December 6, 2003
Summary
Our actions
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychology
Background:
- Awareness of actions involves understanding intentions.
- Self-generated actions may differ from other-generated actions due to intention access.
Purpose of the Study:
- Investigate the role of action effects in awareness of self- and other-generated actions.
- Examine how action effects influence perceived onset times.
Main Methods:
- Two experiments were conducted.
- Participants estimated action onset times.
- The presence or absence of action effects was manipulated.
Main Results:
- Perceived onset times of self- and other-generated actions were similar.
- Both self- and other-generated actions differed from machine-generated events.
- Action effects were necessary for the similarity in awareness between self- and other-generated actions.
Conclusions:
- Action effects play a crucial role in the awareness of self- and other-generated actions.
- This suggests intentions might be inferred from actions, not just sensed.