title: The influence of action-outcome delay and arousal on sense of agency and the intentional binding effect.
abstract: The sense of agency refers to the feeling of being able to initiate and control events through one's actions. The "intentional binding" effect (Haggard, Clark, & Kalogeras, 2002), refers to a subjective compression of the temporal interval between actions and their effects. The present study examined the influence of action-outcome delays and arousal on both the subjective judgment of agency and the intentional binding effect. In the experiment, participants pressed a key to trigger a central square to jump after various delays. A red central square was used in the high-arousal condition. Results showed that a longer interval between actions and their effects was associated with a lower sense of agency but a stronger intentional binding effect. Furthermore, although arousal enhanced the intentional binding effect, it did not influence the judgment of agency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Precision Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. Electronic address: wen@robot.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: Department of Precision Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.affiliation: Department of Precision Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D013998:Time Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Arousal; Attention; Intentional binding; Sense of agency; Time perception