Detecting contingency: A key to understanding development of self and social cognition

  1. KAZUO HIRAKI†

Article first published online: 3 NOV 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2006.00319.x

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Japanese Psychological Research

Japanese Psychological Research

Volume 48, Issue 3, pages 204–212, September 2006

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HIRAKI, K. (2006), Detecting contingency: A key to understanding development of self and social cognition. Japanese Psychological Research, 48: 204–212. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5884.2006.00319.x

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  1. Issue published online: 3 NOV 2006
  2. Article first published online: 3 NOV 2006
  3. (Received December 28, 2005; accepted September 2, 2006)

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Keywords:

  • contingency;
  • self;
  • social cognition;
  • delayed self image

Abstract:  Detecting contingency between self-produced actions and the consequences plays a crucial role for basic cognitive functions, such as construction of self body-image and tool-use. This paper reviews our recent studies focusing on the temporal aspect of contingency. Three studies concerning the detection of proprioceptive-visual contingency in infants, children and adults are summarized. All of these studies use delayed self-image as a tool to investigate the temporal aspect of contingency detection. Based on the results of these studies and related preceding research, the paper proposes the ubiquity of a contingency detector among the development of self and social interaction.

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