Eamonn Walsh

TL;DR: An enhanced binding of effects back towards the actions that caused them, implying an enhanced sense of agency, in moral compared to non-moral contexts is found.

TL;DR: Functional MRI explored the neural responses during passive listening to authentic amusement laughter and controlled, voluntary laughter to find greater activity in anterior medial prefrontal cortex to the deliberate, Emitted Laughs, suggesting an obligatory attempt to determine others' mental states when laughter is perceived as less genuine.

TL;DR: Evidence of automatic imitation of intransitive actions is found in humans using a simple reaction time (RT), stimulus-response compatibility paradigm, and support for the hypothesis that human and monkey mirror systems differ with respect to the processing of intrusion actions is provided.

TL;DR: Investigation of changes in brain activity accompanying different experiences of loss of self-control of movement found similar brain systems underpin attributions and experiences of external and internal alien control of movement supported by distinct brain mechanisms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used EEG frequency analysis of sensorimotor rhythms to investigate brain activity when people prepare and then cancel a voluntary action, and found a left frontal increase in spectral power (event-related synchronisation: ERS) peaking 12 ms before the perceived intention to move.