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  • Dialectical self-thinking involves accepting contradictory personal traits.
  • The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) is implicated in conflict monitoring and self-processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of the dACC in dialectical self-thinking.
  • To examine brain activity during self-referential processing of contradictory traits.

Main Methods:

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used to record brain activity.
  • A modified self-referential paradigm assessed judgments of contradictory/non-contradictory traits.
  • The Dialectical Self Scale measured dispositional dialecticism.

Main Results:

  • dACC activity correlated positively with dialecticism during self-relevant conflicting information processing.
  • Psychophysiological interaction (PPI) analyses revealed altered functional connectivity between dACC and other brain regions (caudate, middle temporal gyrus, hippocampus) in dialectical thinkers.
  • These connectivity changes occurred during processing of self-relevant conflicting information.

Conclusions:

  • The dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) plays a significant role in dialectical self-thinking.
  • Neural mechanisms underlying the integration of contradictory self-aspects involve dACC and its network connectivity.