Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

The effect of military training on the sense of agency and outcome processing

  • Emilie A. Caspar,
  • Salvatore Lo Bue,
  • Pedro A. Magalhães De Saldanha da Gama,
  • Patrick Haggard,
  • Axel Cleeremans

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18152-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Working in military structures implies a reduction in individual autonomy, in which agents must comply with hierarchical orders. Here, the authors show that working within such a structure is associated with a reduced sense of agency and outcome processing for junior cadets, but this relationship is absent in trained officers.