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Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI?
To provide full accounts of human experience and behavior, research in cognitive neuroscience must be linked to inner experience, but introspective reports of inner experience have often been found to be unreliable. The present case study aimed at providing proof of principle that introspection usin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260673/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01393 |
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author | Kühn, Simone Fernyhough, Charles Alderson-Day, Benjamin Hurlburt, Russell T. |
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description | To provide full accounts of human experience and behavior, research in cognitive neuroscience must be linked to inner experience, but introspective reports of inner experience have often been found to be unreliable. The present case study aimed at providing proof of principle that introspection using one method, descriptive experience sampling (DES), can be reliably integrated with fMRI. A participant was trained in the DES method, followed by nine sessions of sampling within an MRI scanner. During moments where the DES interview revealed ongoing inner speaking, fMRI data reliably showed activation in classic speech processing areas including left inferior frontal gyrus. Further, the fMRI data validated the participant’s DES observations of the experiential distinction between inner speaking and innerly hearing her own voice. These results highlight the precision and validity of the DES method as a technique of exploring inner experience and the utility of combining such methods with fMRI. |
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spelling | pubmed-42606732014-12-23 Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI? Kühn, Simone Fernyhough, Charles Alderson-Day, Benjamin Hurlburt, Russell T. Front Psychol Psychology To provide full accounts of human experience and behavior, research in cognitive neuroscience must be linked to inner experience, but introspective reports of inner experience have often been found to be unreliable. The present case study aimed at providing proof of principle that introspection using one method, descriptive experience sampling (DES), can be reliably integrated with fMRI. A participant was trained in the DES method, followed by nine sessions of sampling within an MRI scanner. During moments where the DES interview revealed ongoing inner speaking, fMRI data reliably showed activation in classic speech processing areas including left inferior frontal gyrus. Further, the fMRI data validated the participant’s DES observations of the experiential distinction between inner speaking and innerly hearing her own voice. These results highlight the precision and validity of the DES method as a technique of exploring inner experience and the utility of combining such methods with fMRI. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4260673/ /pubmed/25538649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01393 Text en Copyright © 2014 Kühn, Fernyhough, Alderson-Day and Hurlburt. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Kühn, Simone Fernyhough, Charles Alderson-Day, Benjamin Hurlburt, Russell T. Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI? |
title | Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI? |
title_full | Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI? |
title_fullStr | Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI? |
title_full_unstemmed | Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI? |
title_short | Inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fMRI? |
title_sort | inner experience in the scanner: can high fidelity apprehensions of inner experience be integrated with fmri? |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260673/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538649 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01393 |
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