Three Questions about The Neural Basis of Self
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This chapter discusses the bridge between psychological theory and neuroscience research as they pertain to self. In neuroscience research, self is often used to encompass a broad range of processes that psychologists would refer to as self-reflection, self-knowledge, personality, emotion, and self-regulation. While laboratories and white coats might come to mind when thinking about scientific investigations, initial forays into understanding the neural basis of the self were more likely to be found in the company of explosions. Neuroimaging research on the self has mostly focused on neural regions that mediate encoding for social information; and motivational aspects of self-evaluation. One fruitful avenue for investigating the neural basis of self is to understand the role of self in executive processes. The development of neural models of self will only be possible as neural research draws more widely on theory and research conducted at the psychological level of analysis of the self.
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Neuroimaging studies and studies of patients with neurological damage have identified specific brain regions and neural circuitry associated with different self and identity processes.
“Neuroi maging studies and studies of patients with neurological damage have identified specific brain regions and neural circuitry associated with different self and identity processes (Beer, 2016;Robins, 2021).”
From Self and identity in personality psychology (2021) · cites this paper as Beer, 2016
fMRI studies converge with patient studies in showing that several regions within the frontal and temporal lobes are more heavily recruited when individuals engage in self-related processes or experience self-conscious emotions.
“For example, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies converge with patient studies in showing that several regions within the frontal and temporal lobes, including the medial prefrontal cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, medial frontopolar-retrosplenial cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, and anterior cingulate, are more heavily recruited when individuals engage in self-related pro”
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McAdams, D. P., Trzesniewski, K., Lilgendahl, J., Benet-Martinez, V., & Robins, R. W. (2021) · Personality Science · doi:10.5964/ps.6035 · Cited by 50 · see citing works
- Authors
- Beer, J. S.
- Corresponding author
- Beer, Jennifer S.
- ORCID
- Beer, Jennifer S.
- Venue
- Social Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2016-04-14
- Pages
- 77-100
- OpenAlex
- W2905375906
- Cited by
- 5
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2023: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 1.63
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Keywords
- self, self-reflection, self-knowledge, self-regulation, self-assessment, executive processes
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