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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Individual differences in action attribution (self vs. other) are linked to voice-hearing experiences.
  • Contextual factors, such as causal ambiguity in coordinated actions (e.g., music-making), can influence action misattribution.
  • Experience in ambiguous contexts may enhance action attribution skills.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how causal ambiguity affects action attribution.
  • To examine the relationship between action misattribution, hallucination proneness, and musical experience.
  • To explore the potential of practice in refining action attribution for therapeutic applications.

Main Methods:

  • A novel finger-tapping task was developed to parametrically manipulate self- versus other-control over auditory tones.
  • Forty participants completed the task, with varying proportions of control assigned to 'self' and 'other'.
  • Action misattribution, hallucination proneness, and musical experience were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Action misattribution was highest at the midpoint of the self-to-other control continuum and biased towards 'other'.
  • This pattern of misattribution correlated with higher hallucination proneness.
  • Lower musical experience was also associated with the observed pattern of misattribution.

Conclusions:

  • Causal ambiguity significantly influences agency perception and action attribution.
  • Action attribution abilities may be improvable through practice.
  • These findings suggest a potential avenue for remediating positive symptoms of schizophrenia, such as voice-hearing.