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The Effects of Sense of Agency on Motivation : An EEG Study
Schulte, Jana (2024) The Effects of Sense of Agency on Motivation : An EEG Study.
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| Abstract: | The sense of agency (SoA) describes the feeling of control over actions and their outcomes and is a crucial factor influencing individuals to pursue their goals. This study examines the influence of outcome controllability in the form of feedback reliability on motivation. Furthermore, we were interested in how a change in motivation influences the use of proactive control during task performance. Using an electroencephalogram, we observed the contingent negative variation to examine an increase or decrease in task preparation. A total of 39 people (18 female) between the ages of 18 to 35 (M = 25.59, SD = 3.8) participated and completed a colour perception task. Overall, the results indicate that higher outcome controllability increases motivation and task preparation, which ultimately leads to shorter response times. Against our expectations, response accuracy was not significantly affected by changes in SoA. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | IfADo, Dortmund, Deutschland |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 77 psychology |
| Programme: | Psychology MSc (66604) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/98763 |
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