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CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
Volume 21, Issue 4, Pages 1654-1661Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2012.08.010
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Sense of agency; Pre-reflective self-awareness; Sensory attenuation; Efference copy; Action execution; Action observation; Action preparation
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The perception of sensory effects generated by one's own actions is typically attenuated compared to the same effects generated externally. However, it is unclear whether this specifically relates to self-generation. Recent studies showed that sensory attenuation mainly relies on action preparation, not actual action execution. Hence, an attenuation of sensory effects generated by another person might occur if these actions can be anticipated and thus be prepared for. Here, we compared the perceived loudness of sounds generated by one's own actions and actions of another person that either could or could not be anticipated. We found an attenuation of the perceived loudness for self- as compared to other-generated sounds. This difference was independent of whether the sound-eliciting actions of the other person could be anticipated or not. Thus, sensory attenuation seems to be specifically tied to self-generation instead of being a secondary effect of agent-independent preparation for an upcoming action. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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