The prospective nature of voluntary action: Insights from the reflexive imagery task

S Bhangal, H Cho, MW Geisler… - Review of General …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Voluntary action is peculiar in several ways. For example, it is highly prospective in nature,
requiring the activation of the representations of anticipated action-effects (eg, a button …

Cognitive and neural components of the phenomenology of agency

E Morsella, CC Berger, SC Krieger - Neurocase, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A primary aspect of the self is the sense of agency–the sense that one is causing an action.
In the spirit of recent reductionistic approaches to other complex, multifaceted phenomena …

“Conflict to collage”: A perceptual control architecture to underpin human consciousness

W Mansell - The Interdisciplinary Handbook of Perceptual Control …, 2023 - Elsevier
The nature and function of consciousness has been involved in Perceptual Control Theory
(PCT; Powers, 1973; Powers, Clark, & McFarland, 1960a, 1960b) since its inception. Powers …

[PDF][PDF] Volition: from self-control to agency

M Lynn - 2015 - biblio.ugent.be
Self-‐control permits individuals to fulfill their goals, keep their promises, and conform to
societal norms (Baumeister, Vohs, & Tice, 2007). Successful self-‐regulation often depends …