Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, How Does My Brain Recognize My Image at All?

For decades researchers have used mirrors to study self-recognition. However, attempts to identify neural processes underlying this ability have used photographs instead. Here we used event related potentials (ERPs) to compare self-face recognition in photographs versus mirrors and found distinct ne...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Butler, David L., Mattingley, Jason B., Cunnington, Ross, Suddendorf, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22359592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031452
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Sumario:For decades researchers have used mirrors to study self-recognition. However, attempts to identify neural processes underlying this ability have used photographs instead. Here we used event related potentials (ERPs) to compare self-face recognition in photographs versus mirrors and found distinct neural signatures. Measures of visual self-recognition are therefore not independent of the medium employed.

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