To follow or not to follow: Influence of valence and consensus on the sense of agency

Reis, Moritz; Weller, Lisa; Muth, Felicitas V

doi:10.1016/j.concog.2022.103347

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“…Our results mirror previous findings in that rating patterns for sense of agency and sense of responsibility are highly similar across participants (Reis et al, 2022). However, a few slight discrepancies in specific situations indicate that, while conceptualizations of both might be strongly codependent, they are probably not identical.…”

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“…Previous literature indicates that positive action outcomes are associated with increased sense of agency (e.g., Gentsch et al, 2015; Reis et al, 2022), and thus we expected higher sense of agency levels for positive outcomes compared to negative and neutral outcomes. Across all three experiments, however, we did not find any evidence for a substantial impact of valence of outcome on the participants’ sense of agency or sense of responsibility.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Previous studies have sometimes used classical sense of agency measures (perceived causation, perceived control) synonymously with sense of responsibility (e.g., Schwarz et al, 2019). Indeed, studies implementing both, sense of agency and sense of responsibility measures, show a high similarity in both rating patterns (e.g., Reis et al, 2022). However, so far there have been few attempts to experimentally impact both ratings differentially in order to gain a comprehensive understanding of possible similarities and differences between both concepts.…”

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“…Moreover, we expected increasing sense of agency to increase HWO as sense of agency is perceived as rewarding by agents and associated with increased activity in reward-related brain regions (Leotti & Delgado, 2011; Leotti et al, 2010; Lorenz et al, 2015; Experiments 1–3).How does action outcome affect sense of agency, sense of responsibility, and HWO? Previous studies show that positive action outcomes are linked to increased explicit judgments 3 of sense of agency and sense of responsibility (Gentsch et al, 2015; Reis et al, 2022). This is in line with the assumption that positive effects of own actions are attributed more strongly to oneself (Miller & Ross, 1975).…”

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“…How does action outcome affect sense of agency, sense of responsibility, and HWO? Previous studies show that positive action outcomes are linked to increased explicit judgments 3 of sense of agency and sense of responsibility (Gentsch et al, 2015; Reis et al, 2022). This is in line with the assumption that positive effects of own actions are attributed more strongly to oneself (Miller & Ross, 1975).…”

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Distributing complex actions across agents is commonplace in human society. The objective efficiency of joint actions comes with critical challenges for the sense of agency of individual agents, complicating an accurate formation of these agents’ perceived control over actions and action outcomes. Here we report a new experimental paradigm to investigate sense of agency for supervisors and subordinates in hierarchical settings. Results indicate profound differences in the sense of agency between both roles, while also indicating additional contributions of such situational factors as degrees of freedom, action decision versus action execution, outcome valence, and veto options. We further observed a tight coupling of sense of agency and sense of responsibility, with only weak links to affective responses to the action outcome.

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Voluntary actions are accompanied by a sense of control over this action and its effects. Forming an appropriate sense of control (or sense of agency) has widespread consequences of individual and societal relevance. Moreover, perceived control might serve as a powerful action motivator, although this critical function has been addressed scarcely so far. Thus, in two experiments (N = 101 adults for each study), we directly examined the value of control for human agents by allowing participants to choose between financial gain and situational control. Crucially, a significant share of participants chose to be in control even when this option was less financially rewarding. That is, participants had to be offered 66% (Study 1) and 34% (Study 2) of expected asset earnings as an additional reward to make them predictably waive control. In addition to the value of objective decision rights, we also measured subjectively perceived control. This is a further extension of prior research as similar levels of objective control can lead to substantially different subjective feelings of control. Hereby, we found a share of the participants to create an illusionary sense of agency in situations of little objective control. These results portray perceived control as a powerful motivator for human behavior that comes with a unique and quantifiable value for individual agents.

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Arousal, interindividual differences and temporal binding a psychophysiological study

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The sense of agency varies as a function of arousal in negative emotional contexts. As yet, it is unknown whether the same is true for positive affect, and how inter-individual characteristics might predict these effects. Temporal binding, an implicit measure of the sense of agency, was measured in 59 participants before and after watching either an emotionally neutral film clip or a positive film clip with high or low arousal. Analyses included participants’ individual differences in subjective affective ratings, physiological arousal (pupillometry, skin conductance, heart rate), striatal dopamine levels via eye blink rates, and psychopathy. Linear mixed models showed that sexual arousal decreased temporal binding whereas calm pleasure had no facilitation effect on binding. Striatal dopamine levels were positively linked whereas subjective and physiological arousal may be negatively associated with binding towards actions. Psychopathic traits reduced the effect of high arousal on binding towards actions. These results provide evidence that individual differences influence the extent to which the temporal binding is affected by high arousing states with positive valence.

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To follow or not to follow: Influence of valence and consensus on the sense of agency

Cited by 5 publications

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Sense of agency in social hierarchies.

Sense of agency in social hierarchies.

The value of control

Arousal, interindividual differences and temporal binding a psychophysiological study

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