Causal Roles of Ventral and Dorsal Neural Systems for Automatic and Control Self-Reference Processing: A Function
Jie Sui1, Pia Rotshtein2, Zhuoen Lu1
1School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3FX, UK.
Journal of Clinical Medicine
|July 27, 2024
Summary
Self-reference processing involves automatic and control aspects, supported by distinct brain networks. Understanding these processes is crucial for interpreting the world and everyday functioning.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Psychology
Background:
- Self-reference processing aids task performance but its automatic and control facets interaction is understudied.
- Existing research often overlooks the interplay between automatic self-reference and executive control in daily life.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the relationship between automatic and control self-reference processing.
- To identify distinct neural substrates for automatic and control self-reference functions.
Main Methods:
- Neuropsychological patients performed self-face perception and executive function tasks (Birmingham frontal task).
- Principal component analysis identified processing components.
- Voxel-based morphometry and lesion-mapping analyzed grey and white matter correlates.
Main Results:
- Automatic self-reference correlated with familiarity/orientation judgments and ventromedial prefrontal cortex/right inferior temporal gyrus grey matter.
- Executive control deficits linked to bilateral inferior parietal lobule/left anterior insula grey matter.
- Distinct white matter pathways (right inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus for automatic; left superior longitudinal fasciculus/arcuate fasciculus for control) were identified.
Conclusions:
- Automatic and control self-reference processing rely on separate but interconnected neural networks.
- Ventral prefrontal-temporal networks support automatic processing, while dorsal frontal-parietal networks support control processing.
Keywords:
dorsal control networkprincipal component analysisventral neural networkvoxel-based morphometrywhite matter pathwayMore Related Videos
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