Dissecting Sense of Agency in Schizophrenia: A Predictive Coding Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background and hypothesis

A large body of literature suggests that neurocognitive processes underlying the sense of agency are disrupted in schizophrenia. We here tested the sense of agency in schizophrenia patients, by controlling for the potential confounding effect of temporal perception biases, antipsychotics, attentional-executive functioning, and illness duration. We also analyze the role of symptoms such as delusions, hallucinations, and passivity experiences.

Study design

We capitalized on the intentional binding phenomenon, an implicit measure of the sense of agency. 30 schizophrenia patients and 30 healthy controls completed 2 tasks. Experimental task participants pressed a switch to turn a light bulb on (active condition) or let their finger be moved by an automat

SUBMITTER: Rossetti I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12809823 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature