ArticlePloS one2015
Brain Networks Responsible for Sense of Agency: An EEG Study.
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- Sense of Agency and Skills Learning in Virtual-Mediated Environment: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Temporal Dynamics of Brain Activity Predicting Sense of Agency over Muscle Movements.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Article
- Augmented feedback modes during functional grasp training with an intelligent glove and virtual reality for persons with traumatic brain injury.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
- Hand dominance in the performance and perceptions of virtual reach control.Acta psychologica · 2022Article
- Leveraging Factors of Self-Efficacy and Motivation to Optimize Stroke Recovery.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Parieto-Occipital Alpha and Low-Beta EEG Power Reflect Sense of Agency.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Comparing physiological responses during cognitive tests in virtual environments vs. in identical real-world environments.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Brain Activity Reflects Subjective Response to Delayed Input When Using an Electromyography-Controlled Robot.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2021Article
- Control Modification of Grasp Force Covaries Agency and Performance on Rigid and Compliant Surfaces.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Article
- Associations of Alpha and Beta Interhemispheric EEG Coherences with Indices of Attentional Control and Academic Performance.Behavioural neurology · 2020Article
- Belief of agency changes dynamics in sensorimotor networks.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- The Sense of Agency in Driving Automation.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-agency (SA) is a person's feeling that his action was generated by himself. The neural substrates of SA have been investigated in many neuroimaging studies, but the functional connectivity of identified regions has rarely been investigated. The goal of this study is to investigate the neural network related to SA.
methodsSA of hand movements was modulated with virtual reality. We examined the cortical network relating to SA modulation with electroencephalography (EEG) power spectrum and phase coherence of alpha, beta, and gamma frequency bands in 16 right-handed, healthy volunteers.
resultsIn the alpha band, significant relative power changes and phase coherence of alpha band were associated with SA modulation. The relative power decrease over the central, bilateral parietal, and right temporal regions (C4, Pz, P3, P4, T6) became larger as participants more effectively controlled the virtual hand movements. The phase coherence of the alpha band within frontal areas (F7-FP2, F7-Fz) was directly related to changes in SA. The functional connectivity was lower as the participants felt that they could control their virtual hand. In the other frequency bands, significant phase coherences were observed in the frontal (or central) to parietal, temporal, and occipital regions during SA modulation (Fz-O1, F3-O1, Cz-O1, C3-T4L in beta band; FP1-T6, FP1-O2, F7-T4L, F8-Cz in gamma band).
conclusionsOur study suggests that alpha band activity may be the main neural oscillation of SA, which suggests that the neural network within the anterior frontal area may be important in the generation of SA.
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