Environment-Related and Body-Related Components of the Minimal Self.
Frontiers in psychology January 1, 2021 Marvin Liesner, Wilfried Kunde 5 citations
Perceptual changes caused by an agent's own actions can contribute to the minimal self, but these changes occur across different sensory modalities and vary in temporal and spatial proximity to the agent. Some changes affect the biological body and are conveyed by private sensory signals, while others occur in the environment and are conveyed by public sensory signals. The authors argue that although these signals have considerable functional overlap in generating self-experience, they should be distinguished in theories and empirical research on self-development.