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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Sensory perception is attenuated for self-generated actions compared to external stimuli.
  • This sensory attenuation is attributed to predictive mechanisms anticipating action consequences.
  • Disentangling predictive sensory modulation from attention and task load remains challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate predictive sensory modulation independent of attention and task load.
  • To examine the role of subjective agency in sensory attenuation.
  • To identify neural correlates of anticipatory sensory processing.

Main Methods:

  • Magnetoencephalography (MEG) recorded neural activity during action execution and auditory stimulus perception.
  • Subjects performed actions with either hand, with effector selection manipulated by subliminal motor priming.
  • Subjective agency was modulated by compatible priming, influencing the experience of causing the auditory stimulus.

Main Results:

  • Stronger sensory attenuation was observed when actions were compatibly primed, enhancing subjective agency.
  • A transient, phase-locked signal in auditory cortex preceded stimulus onset and motor execution.
  • This neural signal emerged concurrently with motor cortex lateralization indicating effector selection.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support theoretical models of anticipatory sensory modulation prior to self-generated sensations.
  • Predictive sensory processing occurs in parallel with motor output, preceding efference copy availability.
  • Subjective agency plays a crucial role in modulating sensory perception through predictive neural mechanisms.