2011/07/06 by Justin J. Couchman · 1 citation
Psychology · Neuroscience · #Action Observation and Synchronization #Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies #Memory and Neural Mechanisms #Icon #Biology #Agency (philosophy) #Perception #Habituation #Self #Sense of agency #Cognitive psychology #Neuroscience #Psychology #Social psychology #Computer science
paper · pdf · doi:10.1098/rsbl.2011.0536
openalex publication_date 2011/07/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) have shown the ability to monitor their own mental states, but fail the mirror self-recognition test. In humans, the sense of self-agency is closely related to self-awareness, and results from monitoring the relationship between intentional, sensorimotor and perceptual information. Humans and rhesus monkeys were trained to move a computer icon with a joystick while a distractor icon partially matched their movements. Both humans and monkeys were able to monitor and identify the icon they were controlling, suggesting they have some understanding of self-agency.