Aytemur, ALevita, L2024-07-182024-07-181053-81001090-2376http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/7725Sense of agency (SoA), the fundamental feeling of control over our actions and their consequences, may show key developmental changes during adolescence. We examined SoA in childhood (9-10), mid-adolescence (13-14), late-adolescence (18-20) and adulthood (25-28) using two tasks (Libet Clock and Stream of Letters). SoA was implicitly indexed by intentional binding that reflects the agency effect on action-outcome temporal association. We found age effects on the sub-processes in both tasks. In the Libet Clock task, where performance was more reliable, we observed a U-shaped developmental trajectory of intentional binding suggesting an adolescent-specific reduction in the experience of control. This study provides evidence for the developmental effects on the implicit agency experience and suggests adolescence as a critical period. We discuss the possible implications of these findings.EnglishCONSCIOUS INTENTIONALTERED AWARENESSBRAIN MATURATIONCUE INTEGRATIONWHITE-MATTERSCHIZOPHRENIAEXPERIENCEMODELSELFPERSPECTIVEArticle