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Agency and Inter-agency, Action and Joint Action: Theoretical and Neuropsychological Evidence

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Neuropsychology of the Sense of Agency

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Agency deals with action, self-consciousness, and causality dimensions as a constitutive and pervasive aspect of human experience. The self is not a static entity but most of the time is an acting-self. To be an agent means to be in action and to encounter objects or subjects to interact with.

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    Davide Crivelli & Michela Balconi

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Crivelli, D., Balconi, M. (2010). Agency and Inter-agency, Action and Joint Action: Theoretical and Neuropsychological Evidence. In: Michela, B. (eds) Neuropsychology of the Sense of Agency. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1587-6_6

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