Social, affective, and non-motoric bodily cues to the Sense of Agency: A systematic review of the experience of control

Villa, Riccardo; Ponsi, Giorgia; Scattolin, Marina; Panasiti, Maria Serena; Aglioti, Salvatore Maria

doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104900

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“…To our knowledge, the SoA for the affected as compared to the unaffected limb has not yet been systematically addressed. This is surprising, as both the SoO and the SoA have been described to be core aspects of corporeal awareness [64,65]. Thus, it might be argued that our results reflect changes in the sense of control associated with the unwanted limb, rather than in SoO.…”

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Deceptive behaviors enhance estrangement of the affected limb in people with Body Integrity Dysphoria

Scattolin¹,

Panasiti²,

Ho³

et al. 2023

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Although predicted by the notion of embodied morality, evidence for a link between bodily representations and (dis)honest choices remains inconclusive. In specific, it remains unknown whether a reduced Sense of body Ownership (SoO) is associated with increased dishonesty or vice versa. To cast light on this controversial issue, we tested patients with Body Integrity Dysphoria (BID), a unique clinical condition characterized by a chronic reduction of SoO towards one leg that they persistently desire to have amputated. Participants with BID played a card game in which they could voluntarily tell the truth or cheat an opponent, and thus either steal or give them money. Responses were communicated with the affected or the unaffected leg, facilitating an assessment of whether SoO towards the effector limb influences (im)moral decisions. We found that the SoO for the effector could not predict behavior during the card game. Crucially, however, a higher number of dishonest, self-gain choices was associated with increased reductions of SoO towards the affected leg. Our results support the idea that reductions of SoO represent a way to achieve separation from negative attributes, like immorality. Moreover, they represent a first step towards understanding the directional relation between body and morality.

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Deceptive behaviors enhance estrangement of the affected limb in people with Body Integrity Dysphoria

Scattolin¹,

Panasiti²,

Ho³

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…This is surprising, as both the SoO and the SoA have been described to be core aspects of corporeal awareness. 68 , 69 Thus, it might be argued that our results reflect differences in the sense of control associated with the unwanted limb, rather than alterations of SoO. We tried to answer this question by including our SoA measure in all relevant models.…”

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“…In fact, some argue that implicit measures of SoA, like intentional binding and sensory attenuation, are more reliable methods of assessments, as they are less affected by individual beliefs and biases. 68 Thus, implicit measures of SoA may confirm whether BID symptomatology involves further, localized SoA alterations, and clarify whether these can affect the process behind (im)moral decisions. Future studies should look into these facets of BID symptomatology.…”

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“…In fact, SoA is a very complex experience that arises from the integration of motor and non-motor cues and which is characterized by both explicit and implicit components. 68 Assessment of the latter relies on perceptual distortions associated with the experience of agency, like perceiving intervals between action and outcomes as shorter than they actually are (intentional binding 70 ) or sensory outcomes as less intense if caused by oneself (sensory attenuation 71 ). In the case of this study, implicit measures could have clarified whether the SoA alterations we observed in the BID group are limited to, or go beyond, agency judgments .…”

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Ownership of the affected leg is further reduced following deceptive behaviors in body integrity dysphoria

Scattolin¹,

Panasiti²,

Ho³

et al. 2023

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“…First, we tested old adults in this study, contrasting with our previous reports. Second, we asked participants to report embodiment over the artificial limb in 30% rather than 100% 30 of trials and only asked questions about feelings of ownership and not agency, which has also been associated with action monitoring [96][97][98] , to avoid long sessions and prevent patient fatigue. However, despite not showing a significant difference between incorrect and correct actions, our participants reported a general feeling of ownership that was >50% on the 0-100 VAS scale, consistent with previous reports on the feelings of embodying a virtual arm 31,58,99 .…”

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Combined EEG and immersive virtual reality unveil dopaminergic modulation of error monitoring in Parkinson’s Disease

Pezzetta

Ozkan

Era

et al. 2023

npj Parkinsons Dis.

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Detecting errors in your own and others’ actions is associated with discrepancies between intended and expected outcomes. The processing of salient events is associated with dopamine release, the balance of which is altered in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Errors in observed actions trigger various electrocortical indices (e.g. mid-frontal theta, error-related delta, and error positivity [oPe]). However, the impact of dopamine depletion to observed errors in the same individual remains unclear. Healthy controls (HCs) and PD patients observed ecological reach-to-grasp-a-glass actions performed by a virtual arm from a first-person perspective. PD patients were tested under their dopaminergic medication (on-condition) and after dopaminergic withdrawal (off-condition). Analyses of oPe, delta, and theta-power increases indicate that while the formers were elicited after incorrect vs. correct actions in all groups, the latter were observed in on-condition but altered in off-condition PD. Therefore, different EEG error signatures may index the activity of distinct mechanisms, and error-related theta power is selectively modulated by dopamine depletion. Our findings may facilitate discovering dopamine-related biomarkers for error-monitoring dysfunctions that may have crucial theoretical and clinical implications.

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Social, affective, and non-motoric bodily cues to the Sense of Agency: A systematic review of the experience of control

Cited by 11 publications

References 373 publications

Deceptive behaviors enhance estrangement of the affected limb in people with Body Integrity Dysphoria

Deceptive behaviors enhance estrangement of the affected limb in people with Body Integrity Dysphoria

Ownership of the affected leg is further reduced following deceptive behaviors in body integrity dysphoria

Combined EEG and immersive virtual reality unveil dopaminergic modulation of error monitoring in Parkinson’s Disease

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