Waszak, Florian and Cardoso-Leite, Pedro and Hughes, Gethin (2012) Action effect anticipation: Neurophysiological basis and functional consequences. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36 (2). pp. 943-959. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.11.004
Waszak, Florian and Cardoso-Leite, Pedro and Hughes, Gethin (2012) Action effect anticipation: Neurophysiological basis and functional consequences. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36 (2). pp. 943-959. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.11.004
Waszak, Florian and Cardoso-Leite, Pedro and Hughes, Gethin (2012) Action effect anticipation: Neurophysiological basis and functional consequences. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36 (2). pp. 943-959. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.11.004
Abstract
Voluntary actions are thought to be selected with respect to their intended goal. Converging data suggests that medial frontal cortex plays a crucial role in linking actions to their predicted effects. Recent neuroimaging data also suggests that during action selection, the brain pre-activities the representation of the predicted action effect. We review evidence of action effect prediction, both in terms of its neurophysiological basis as well as its functional consequences. By assuming that action preparation includes activation of the predicted sensory consequences of the action, we provide a mechanism to understand sensory attenuation and intentional binding. In this account, sensory attenuation results from more difficult discrimination between the observed action effect and the pre-activation of the predicted effect, as compared to when no (or incorrect) prediction is present. Similarly, a predicted action effect should also reach the threshold of awareness faster (intentional binding), if its perceptual representation is pre-activated. By comparing this potential mechanism to mental imagery and repetition suppression we propose a possible neural basis for the processing of predicted action effects. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effect anticipation; Ideomotor action; Sensory suppression; Imagery; Repetition suppression |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Psychology, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2013 12:45 |
Last Modified: | 07 Aug 2024 18:57 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/5049 |