Searching for an integrated self-representation
Recent inquiries into the nature of self-representation have put forward a new and interesting conceptualization of the Self, as a “center of gravity” of one’s private and social behavior. We review recent neuroimaging work that has suggested interactions among brain regions comprising the default s...
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| author | Istvan Molnar-Szakacs Shahar Arzy |
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| description | Recent inquiries into the nature of self-representation have put forward a new and interesting conceptualization of the Self, as a “center of gravity” of one’s private and social behavior. We review recent neuroimaging work that has suggested interactions among brain regions comprising the default state network, including medial and temporo-parietal cortical regions and the mirror neuron system including lateral fronto-parietal regions as two interacting neural systems that work in concert to produce a cohesive self-representation through simulation. Simulation processes—broadly construed here as using existing representations as templates for understanding novel information—are instantiated by these brain systems across a wide range of domains including time, space, physical and social, giving rise to the multi-faceted Self that we all are. Accumulating evidence also suggests, that these simulation processes are used in a multitude of cognitions that constitute the self, including autobiographical memory and prospection, perspective taking, understanding other’s actions and mental states and embodied self-representation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b30faf7ea5e440ccbc1c8f2d77a36f8b2023-09-15T13:02:40ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCommunicative & Integrative Biology1942-08892009-07-012436536710.4161/cib.2.4.8290Searching for an integrated self-representationIstvan Molnar-Szakacs0Shahar Arzy1David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; and Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)Brain Mind Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL); and University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland; and Hadassah Hebrew University HospitalRecent inquiries into the nature of self-representation have put forward a new and interesting conceptualization of the Self, as a “center of gravity” of one’s private and social behavior. We review recent neuroimaging work that has suggested interactions among brain regions comprising the default state network, including medial and temporo-parietal cortical regions and the mirror neuron system including lateral fronto-parietal regions as two interacting neural systems that work in concert to produce a cohesive self-representation through simulation. Simulation processes—broadly construed here as using existing representations as templates for understanding novel information—are instantiated by these brain systems across a wide range of domains including time, space, physical and social, giving rise to the multi-faceted Self that we all are. Accumulating evidence also suggests, that these simulation processes are used in a multitude of cognitions that constitute the self, including autobiographical memory and prospection, perspective taking, understanding other’s actions and mental states and embodied self-representation.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.4161/cib.2.4.8290 |
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