1 Cognition Volume 121, Issue 2, November 2011, pages 207-218 doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.06.011 The self in action effects: Selective attenuation of self-generated sounds Carmen Weiss 1 , Arvid Herwig 2 , & Simone Schütz-Bosbach 1 1 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany 2 Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany Keywords: Minimal self; Sense of agency; Sensory attenuation; Action execution; Action observation