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The Self in the Brain
How is the ‘self’ born in the brain and how it affects our cognition, behavior, and social adaptation? We are trying to solve mysteries about various aspects of the self, such as physical, social, and mental health.
202205.20 Relationship between sense of self-agency and self-transcendence (Paper publication) Posted in RESEARCH
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The sense of self-agency in action distorts time perception at the sensorimotor level, the measure of which is intentional binding (IB). Self-transcendence refers to the sense that one extends beyond one's own boundaries and connects with one's environment and society, and the larger, prosocial worldview that this brings about. A behavioral experiment with 63 college students revealed a positive correlation between individual differences in the degree of these two seemingly unrelated sensations. Perceptual distortions at the sensorimotor level may govern our perception of the world at diverse levels. A joint research paper with Dr. Niikuni of Niigata Seiryo University has been published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition. (Sugiura)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2022.103351