Mapping the pre-reflective experience of “self” to the brain - An ERP study
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Mapping the pre-reflective experience of “self” to the brain - An ERP study. / Chiara Piani, Maria; Gerber, Bettina Salome; Koenig, Thomas; Morishima, Yosuke; Nordgaard, Julie; Jandl, Martin.
I: Consciousness and Cognition, Bind 119, 103654, 2024.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Mapping the pre-reflective experience of “self” to the brain - An ERP study
AU - Chiara Piani, Maria
AU - Gerber, Bettina Salome
AU - Koenig, Thomas
AU - Morishima, Yosuke
AU - Nordgaard, Julie
AU - Jandl, Martin
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The neural underpinnings of selfhood encompass pre-reflective and reflective self-experience. The former refers to a basic, immediate experience of being a self, while the latter involves cognition and introspection. Although neural correlates of reflective self-experience have been studied, the pre-reflective remains underinvestigated. This research aims to bridge this gap by comparatively investigating ERP correlates of reading first- vs. third-person pronouns – approximating pre-reflective self-experience – and self- vs. other-related adjectives – approximating reflective self-experience – in 30 healthy participants. We found differential neural engagement between pre-reflective and reflective self-experience at 254–310 ms post-stimulus onset. Source estimation suggested that our sensor-level results could be plausibly explained by the involvement of cortical midline structures and default mode network in the general sense of self but selective recruitment of anterior cingulate and top-down dorsal attention network in the pre-reflective self. These findings offer a deeper understanding of the experiential self, especially pre-reflective, providing a foundation for investigating self-disorders.
AB - The neural underpinnings of selfhood encompass pre-reflective and reflective self-experience. The former refers to a basic, immediate experience of being a self, while the latter involves cognition and introspection. Although neural correlates of reflective self-experience have been studied, the pre-reflective remains underinvestigated. This research aims to bridge this gap by comparatively investigating ERP correlates of reading first- vs. third-person pronouns – approximating pre-reflective self-experience – and self- vs. other-related adjectives – approximating reflective self-experience – in 30 healthy participants. We found differential neural engagement between pre-reflective and reflective self-experience at 254–310 ms post-stimulus onset. Source estimation suggested that our sensor-level results could be plausibly explained by the involvement of cortical midline structures and default mode network in the general sense of self but selective recruitment of anterior cingulate and top-down dorsal attention network in the pre-reflective self. These findings offer a deeper understanding of the experiential self, especially pre-reflective, providing a foundation for investigating self-disorders.
KW - Ego
KW - Electroencephalography
KW - Evoked potentials
KW - Healthy volunteers
KW - Pre-reflective self-experience
U2 - 10.1016/j.concog.2024.103654
DO - 10.1016/j.concog.2024.103654
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38422760
AN - SCOPUS:85186508464
VL - 119
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
SN - 1053-8100
M1 - 103654
ER -
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