Christopher C. Berger, MA
(PhD Student)

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Research

How does the brain do the job of distinguishing between sensory events generated in the mind and sensory events generated in the external world? In an attempt to shed light on this question, Chris is examining the relationships between endogenous sensory events (i.e., those generated in the mind), exogenous sensory events (i.e., those generated by the external world), and multi-sensory integration using functional magentic resonance imaging (fMRI). In another line of research, he is also investigating the role of certain afferent/efferent processes in the feeling of body ownership and the sense of agency.

Sample Publications

Berger, C. C., Bargh, J. A., & Morsella, E. (2012). The 'what' of doing: Introspection-based evidence for James's ideomotor principle. In A. Durante & C. Mammoliti (Eds.), Psychology of self-control. (pp. 145-160). New York: Nova Publishers. New York: Nova Publishers.PDF

Morsella, E., Berger, C. C., & Krieger, S. C. (2011). Cognitive and Neural Components of the Phenomenology of Agency: A Meta-Analytic View. Neurocase, 17, 209-230.PDF

Molapour, T., Berger, C. C., & Morsella, E. (2011) Did I Read or did I Name? Diminished awareness of processes yielding identical 'outputs.' Consciousness & Cognition. 20(4), 1776-80. PDF

Lynn, M. T., Berger, C. C., Riddle, T. A., & Morsella, E. (2010) Mind control? Creating illusory intentions through a phony brain-computer-interface. Consciousness & Cognition, 19, 1007-1012.PDF

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Contact

Christopher C. Berger, MA
Doctoral Student
Department of Neuroscience
Karolinska Institutet
Retzius väg 8, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden

email: christopher.c.berger @ ki.se
office phone: (+46) 08 524 87 989