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

(Universit é libre de Bruxelles) A collaborative study between researchers from the Universit é libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), the Royal Military Academy of Belgium , found that working in a highly hierarchical environment such as the military is detrimental for the sense of agency and for the neural processing of outcomes of one's own actions. Yet, groups undergoing specific training targeting responsibility and accountability, such as military officers, did not show this effect. This research opens up the interesting possibility of training people to develop a sense of responsibility
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news