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The sense of agency and it’s role in strategic control for expert mountain bikers

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Christensen, Wayne, Bicknell, K., McIlwain, D. and Sutton, J. (2015) The sense of agency and it’s role in strategic control for expert mountain bikers. Psychology of Consciousness : Theory, Research, and Practice, 2 (3). pp. 340-353. ISSN 2326-5523.

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Abstract

Much work on the sense of agency has focused either on abnormal cases, such as delusions of control, or on simple action tasks in the laboratory. Few studies address the nature of the sense of agency in complex natural settings, or the effect of skill on the sense of agency. Working from 2 case studies of mountain bike riding, we argue that the sense of agency in high-skill individuals incorporates awareness of multiple causal influences on action outcomes. This allows fine-grained differentiation of the contributions of self and external factors to action outcomes. We further argue that the sense of agency incorporates prospective awareness of actions that are possible in a situation and awareness of the limits of control. These forms of sense of agency enable highly flexible, context-sensitive strategic control, and are likely to contribute to high interindividual variability in responses to complex tasks.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy
Journal or Publication Title: Psychology of Consciousness : Theory, Research, and Practice
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISSN: 2326-5523
Official Date: September 2015
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September 2015Published
Volume: 2
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 340-353
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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