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Finding the self? An event-related fMRI study.

W M Kelley1, C N Macrae, C L Wyland

  • 1Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College, 6207 Moore Hall, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. william.kelley@dartmouth.edu

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
|August 9, 2002
PubMed
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Knowledge about the self is uniquely processed in the brain, distinct from other semantic information. This study used fMRI to identify specific brain regions involved in self-referential processing.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroimaging

Background:

  • Self-knowledge is often better remembered than other semantic information.
  • The neural basis for this self-referential memory effect remains debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural substrates of self-referential processing.
  • To determine if self-referential processing is functionally distinct from other semantic tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was employed.
  • Participants made judgments about trait adjectives under self-relevance, other-relevance, and case judgment conditions.

Main Results:

  • Relevance judgments (vs. case judgments) activated the left inferior frontal cortex and anterior cingulate.

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  • A distinct medial prefrontal cortex region was selectively engaged during self-referential processing.

    • Conclusions:

    • Self-referential processing is functionally dissociable from other semantic processing.
    • Specific brain regions support unique self-referential cognitive functions.