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Here I am: the cortical correlates of visual self-recognition

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Devue, Christel, Collette, Fabienne, Balteau, Evelyne, Degueldre, Christian, Luxen, André, Maquet, Pierre, Brédart, Serge·2007·Brain Research

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Recently, interest in the neural correlates of self-recognition has grown. Most studies concentrate on self-face recognition. However, there is a lack of convergence as to precise neuroanatomical locations underlying self-face recognition. In addition, recognition of familiar persons from bodies has been relatively neglected. In the present study, cerebral activity while participants performed a task in which they had to indicate the real appearance of themselves and of a gender-matched close colleague among intact and altered pictures of faces and bodies was measured. The right frontal cortex and the insula were found to be the main regions specifically implicated in visual self-recognition compared with visual processing of other highly familiar persons. Moreover, the right anterior insula along with the right anterior cingulate seemed to play a role in the integration of information about oneself independently of the stimulus domain. The processing of self-related pictures was also compared to scrambled versions of these pictures. Results showed that different areas of the occipito-temporal cortex were more or less recruited depending on whether a face or a body was perceived, as it has already been reported by several recent studies. The implication of present findings for a general framework of person identification is discussed.

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Authors
Devue, C., Collette, F., Balteau, E., Degueldre, C., Luxen, A., Maquet, P., & Brédart, S.
Affiliations
University of Liège (BE)
Corresponding author
Devue, Christel
Venue
Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2007-04
Volume
1143
Pages
169-182
ISSN
0006-8993 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2001930051
Cited by
258
References
62
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FWCI
8.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • ORBi (University of Liège) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Face Recognition and Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Face recognition and analysis
Keywords
self-recognition, body recognition, personal identification, right anterior insula, right frontal cortex, occipitotemporal cortex, face perception, person perception
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex, Dominance, Cerebral, Face, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Oxygen, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Photic Stimulation, Recognition, Psychology

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