Detecting contingency: A key to understanding development of self and social cognition |
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Authors: | KAZUO HIRAKI |
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Affiliation: | Department of Systems Science, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan |
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Abstract: | Abstract: Detecting contingency between self-produced actions and the consequences plays a crucial role for basic cognitive functions, such as construction of self body-image and tool-use. This paper reviews our recent studies focusing on the temporal aspect of contingency. Three studies concerning the detection of proprioceptive-visual contingency in infants, children and adults are summarized. All of these studies use delayed self-image as a tool to investigate the temporal aspect of contingency detection. Based on the results of these studies and related preceding research, the paper proposes the ubiquity of a contingency detector among the development of self and social interaction. |
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Keywords: | contingency self social cognition delayed self image |
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