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Ownership as a component of the extended self

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 October 2023

Bruce Hood Open the ORCID record for Bruce Hood [Opens in a new window]
Bruce Hood*
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School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK Bruce.hood@bristol.ac.uk
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Abstract

Ownership of resources can be established by evolved competitive and cooperative mechanisms as explained by the target article. However, there is one aspect of ownership that is not captured by computational models which is important to identity, namely the role of owned items as components of “the extended self” hypothesis.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e338
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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