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The Integrative Self: How Self-Reference Integrates Perception and Memory
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We propose a new account of how self-reference affects information processing. We report evidence that self-reference affects the binding of memory to source, the integration of parts into perceptual wholes, and the ability to switch from a prior association to new associations. Self-reference also influences the integration of different stages of processing, linking attention to decision making, and affects the coupling between brain regions mediating self-representation and attention to the environment. Taken together, the data suggest that self-reference acts as a form of 'integrative glue' which can either enhance or disrupt performance, depending on the task context. We discuss the implications for understanding the self, and future directions for research.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sui, J., & Humphreys, G. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Sui, Jie
- Humphreys, Glyn W.
- ORCID
- Sui, Jie
- Venue
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-12
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 719-728
- ISSN
- 1364-6613 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1622910632
- Cited by
- 502
- References
- 78
- Citations by year
- 2026: 54 · 2025: 52 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 54 · 2022: 48 · 2021: 59 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 36 · 2018: 37 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 2.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Trends in Cognitive Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- The University of Bath Online Publications Store (The University of Bath) (submittedVersion)
- Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project 31371017, 31371017)
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/J001597/1, UK, ES/J001597/1)
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (323883)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Keywords
- self-reference, self-representation, memory binding, source memory, perceptual integration, attention, decision-making, associative memory, attentional shift
- MeSH terms
- Decision Making, Humans, Memory, Mental Processes, Perception, Self Concept
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