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TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 102-107Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2004.01.004
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For a long time philosophers and psychologists have been intrigued by the question of the self. More recently, this has become a topic of discussion in neuroscience. In this article, we suggest that the processing of self-referential stimuli in cortical midline structures (CMS) is a fundamental component in generating a model of the self. Drawing from neuroimaging studies, we distinguish between representation, monitoring, evaluation and integration of self-referential stimuli. All of these subfunctions are related to distinct regions within the CMS. This relationship between self-referential processing and CMS might provide novel insight into the neural correlates underlying the constitution of the self.
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