A reduction in the implicit sense of agency during adolescence compared to childhood and adulthood

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AYTEMÜR A., Levita L.

Consciousness and Cognition, cilt.87, 2021 (SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 87
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.concog.2020.103060
  • Dergi Adı: Consciousness and Cognition
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, PASCAL, EMBASE, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, MEDLINE, Philosopher's Index, Psycinfo
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Sense of Agency, Intentional Binding, Adolescence, Development, Libet Clock, Stream of Letters
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Sense of agency (SoA), the fundamental feeling of control over our actions and their consequences, may show key developmental changes during adolescence. We examined SoA in childhood (9–10), mid-adolescence (13–14), late-adolescence (18–20) and adulthood (25-28) using two tasks (Libet Clock and Stream of Letters). SoA was implicitly indexed by intentional binding that reflects the agency effect on action-outcome temporal association. We found age effects on the sub-processes in both tasks. In the Libet Clock task, where performance was more reliable, we observed a U-shaped developmental trajectory of intentional binding suggesting an adolescent-specific reduction in the experience of control. This study provides evidence for the developmental effects on the implicit agency experience and suggests adolescence as a critical period. We discuss the possible implications of these findings.