Carl Michael Galang, PhD 
I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Humboldt University of Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Marcel Brass. I completed my undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto with a double major in Cognitive Science and Philosophy. My PhD is in Psychology (with my training in the subfield of Social Cognitive Neuroscience) and was completed at McMaster University under the supervision of Prof. Sukhvinder Obhi. I have a wide variety of research interests and have published scientific works on topics spanning sense of agency, empathy, social power, dehumanization, and automatic imitation.
My current work is funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship. My project's overall aim is to investigate if and how being in a group influences joint agency. In addition, I currently have research interests in rule breaking and the sense of agency, anticipated imitation in multi-agent contexts, and on basic work on volition.
Publications
Quesque, F., Apperly, I, Baillargeon, R., [...], Galang, C.M., [...], & Brass, M. (In Press). Defining key concepts for mental state attribution. Communications Psychology.
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Galang, C.M. & Obhi, S.S. (2022). Empathic pain observation does not influence automatic imitation in an online setting. Experimental Brain Research, 241, 263-276.
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Malik, R., Galang, C.M., & Finger, E. (2022). The Sense of Agency for Brain Disorders: A Comprehensive Review and Proposed Framework. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 139, 104759.
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Mekik, S.C. & Galang, C.M. (2022). Cognitive Science in a Nutshell. Cognitive Science, 46, e13179.
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Galang, C.M., Ku, M., & Obhi, S.S. (2021). Blatant Dehumanization is Not Influenced by Dual Identity Labels: Evidence from the Canadian Context. International Journal of Psychological Studies, 13(4), 62-74.
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Galang, C.M., Malik, R., Kinley, I., & Obhi, S.S. (2021). Studying Sense of Agency Online: Testing the robustness of the intentional binding effect using an online sample. Consciousness and Cognition, 95, 103217.
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Galang, C.M., Jenkins, M., Fahim, G., & Obhi, S.S. (2021). Exploring the relationship between social power and the ERP components of empathy for pain. Social Neuroscience, 16, 174-188.
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Galang, C.M., Pichtikova, M., Sanders, T., & Obhi, S.S. (2021). Investigating the effects of pain observation on approach and withdrawal actions. Experimental Brain Research, 239, 847-856.
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Galang, C.M. & Obhi, S.S. (2021). To Move or Not to Move: Motor cortical output is enhanced during pain observation regardless of motor preparation state. Journal of Neurophysiology, 125, 599-605.
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Galang, C.M., Johnson, D., & Obhi, S.S. (2021). Exploring the Relationship Between Empathy, Self-Construal Style, and Self-Reported Social Distancing Tendencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 588934.
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Galang, C.M. & Obhi, S.S. (2020). Automatic imitation does not predict levels of generosity during a modified dictator game. Acta Psychologica, 204, 103022.
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Galang, C.M., Jenkins, M., & Obhi, S.S. (2020). Exploring the Effects of Visual Perspective on the ERP Components of Empathy for Pain. Social Neuroscience, 15(2), 186-198.
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Galang, C.M. & Obhi, S.S. (2020). Please Empathize! Instructions to empathize strengthen response facilitation after pain observation. Cognition and Emotion, 34(2), 316-328.
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Galang, C.M. & Obhi, S.S. (2019). Social Power and Frontal Alpha Asymmetry. Cognitive Neuroscience, 10(1), 44-56.
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Civile, C., Elchlepp, H., McLaren, R., Galang, C.M., Lavric, A., & McLaren, I.P.L. (2018). The effect of scrambling upright and inverted faces on the N170. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(11), 2464-2476.
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Galang, C.M., Naish, K.R., Arbabi, K., & Obhi, S.S. (2017). Observing painful events in others leads to a temporally extended general response facilitation in the self. Experimental Brain Research, 235(11), 3469-3477.
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Naish, K.R., Rajagobal, A., Galang, C.M., Sartori, L., & Obhi, S.S. (2017). Effects of intentional movement preparation on response times to symbolic and imitative cues. Experimental Brain Research, 235(3), 753-61.
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Galang, C.M. & Mekik, C. (2015). Existence versus Primacy: A Critical Overview of Phenomenal Intentionality. Noesis: Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, 16, 23-40.
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Under Review
Galang, C.M., Cracco, E., & Brass, M. (Under Review). Anticipated imitation of multiple agents. Cognition. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/f7kr4
Shum, Y.H., Galang, C.M., & Brass, M. (Under Review). Using a Veto Paradigm to Investigate the Decision Model of Libet-style Experiments. Consciousness and Cognition. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wsn4j/
In Prep.
Galang, C.M., Cracco, E., Chirkov, V., Obhi, S.S., & Brass, M. (In Prep.). Explicit Sense of Agency and Group Control: Feelings of control increases with number of followers, especially when commanding human-like social agents.
Galang, C.M., Akan, A., Pfister, R., & Brass, M. (In Prep.). Sense of Agency, Temporal Binding, and Rule Breaking.
Shum, Y.H., Galang, C.M., & Brass, M. (In Prep.). Stimulating Your Voluntariness: What Can Brain Stimulation Studies Tell Us about Intention and Voluntary Behaviors?
Galang, C.M., Jenkins, M., Sanders, T., Vijh, R., & Obhi, S.S. (In Prep.). Motor preparation during pain observation does not influence event-related Mu/Beta desynchronization.
Azevedo, F., Parsons, S., Micheli, L., Strand, J., Rinke, E., …, Galang, C.M., … & FORRT (In Prep.). Introducing a Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FORRT). https://osf.io/bnh7p