The influence of goals on sense of control |
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| Institution: | 2. Columbia University, New York, NY, United States;1. Social Cognitive Systems - Cluster of Excellence Center in Cognitive Interactive Technology (CITEC) - Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany;2. Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;3. Social Brain, Body and Action Lab, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | We examined the influence of goals on sense of control relative to that experienced when taking action randomly. In the experimental task, participants controlled the direction of a moving dot by pressing the left and right keys at will without a specific goal (the control condition), directed the moving dot to a destination as often as possible (the strong goal condition), or kept the moving dot in the central area of the screen (the weak goal condition) for as long as possible. The results showed that the strong goal impaired the sense of control, but the weak goal did not exert an influence. We concluded that the goal-based expectation influenced sense of control, but the goal-directed action selection did not. Furthermore, we proposed a modified comparator model of the sense of control, offering a promising approach to integration of the predictive and postdictive processes involved in the sense of control. |
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| Keywords: | Sense of control Sense of agency Comparator model Goal Intention |
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