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Created on: 14-05-19 13:15

The self

Aware of personal existence (William James)

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Self reflection

Important for survival, one can monitor ones personal attributes strengths and weaknesses relative to others

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Fugue states

reversible amnesia for personal idnetity - e.g. agatha christie

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Neuroimaging

found same activation in brain networks between rest and experimental tasks - could be defualt mode key to self: Medial PFC, Posterior cingulate, lateral parietal cortex

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Gusnard et al (2001)

fMRI studies manipulated self reflection variables, e.g. internal cue - how doe sthis picture make you feel or external cue - does this picture depict an indoor scene: prefrontal more active for internal

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Is self knowledge special supported by dedicated brain regions?

Yes. Macrae (2004) looked at adjectives to describe people; MPFC activated when adjective was self relative

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Self reflection and best friends

best friends incorporated into our self knowledge/ concept they define who we are - thus processed same way as self knowledge; same adjective task as before - showed elf knowledge is distinct from information about best friends

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Photo paradigm

Labeza et al (2004) - photos of univeristy locations - in lab look at both there own and others - their own activated MPFC more

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self enhancement

tendency to hold unrealastic positive views about ourselves relative to others both; self protection -discoutning negative; and self advancement - above average

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Sedikides et al 2013

Data from prisoners: self to prisoner; self to community - 11 attirbutes; generosity, honest

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is mPFC involved in self enhancement?

stronger for broad traits e.g. talented vs specific traits e.g. tidiness mPFC reduces self enhancement

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OFC damage

People with OFC damage judge their social behaviour more favourably

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