Multiple aspects in the sense of agency¹

Authors

Shaun Gallagher, University of Central FloridaFollow

Abstract

Recent significant research in a number of disciplines centers on the concept of the sense of agency. Because many of these studies cut across disciplinary lines there is good reason to seek a clear consensus on what sense of agency' means. In this paper I indicate some complexities that this consensus might have to deal with. I also highlight an important phenomenological distinction that needs to be considered in any discussion of the sense of agency, regardless of how it gets defined. Finally, I suggest that the sense of agency has an ambiguous phenomenology and I offer some critical comments on current models that fail to notice this ambiguity. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

Publication Title

New Ideas in Psychology

Recommended Citation

Gallagher, S. (2012). Multiple aspects in the sense of agency¹. New Ideas in Psychology, 30 (1), 15-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2010.03.003