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Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings

Self-enhancement (SE) is often overlooked as a fundamental cognitive ability mediated via the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC). Here, we present research that establishes the relationship between the PFC, SE, and the potential evolved beneficial mechanisms. Specifically, we believe there is now enough eviden...

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Autores principales: Yasin, Saeed, Fierst, Anjel, Keenan, Harper, Knapp, Amelia, Gallione, Katrina, Westlund, Tessa, Kirschner, Sydney, Vaidya, Sahana, Qiu, Christina, Rougebec, Audrey, Morss, Elodie, Lebiedzinski, Jack, Dejean, Maya, Keenan, Julian Paul
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9405933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36009167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081103
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author Yasin, Saeed
Fierst, Anjel
Keenan, Harper
Knapp, Amelia
Gallione, Katrina
Westlund, Tessa
Kirschner, Sydney
Vaidya, Sahana
Qiu, Christina
Rougebec, Audrey
Morss, Elodie
Lebiedzinski, Jack
Dejean, Maya
Keenan, Julian Paul
author_facet Yasin, Saeed
Fierst, Anjel
Keenan, Harper
Knapp, Amelia
Gallione, Katrina
Westlund, Tessa
Kirschner, Sydney
Vaidya, Sahana
Qiu, Christina
Rougebec, Audrey
Morss, Elodie
Lebiedzinski, Jack
Dejean, Maya
Keenan, Julian Paul
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description Self-enhancement (SE) is often overlooked as a fundamental cognitive ability mediated via the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC). Here, we present research that establishes the relationship between the PFC, SE, and the potential evolved beneficial mechanisms. Specifically, we believe there is now enough evidence to speculate that SE exists to provide significant benefits and should be considered a normal aspect of the self. Whatever the metabolic or social cost, the upside of SE is great enough that it is a core and fundamental psychological construct. Furthermore, though entirely theoretical, we suggest that a critical reason the PFC has evolved so significantly in Homo sapiens is to, in part, sustain SE. We, therefore, elaborate on its proximate and ultimate mechanisms.
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spelling pubmed-94059332022-08-26 Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings Yasin, Saeed Fierst, Anjel Keenan, Harper Knapp, Amelia Gallione, Katrina Westlund, Tessa Kirschner, Sydney Vaidya, Sahana Qiu, Christina Rougebec, Audrey Morss, Elodie Lebiedzinski, Jack Dejean, Maya Keenan, Julian Paul Brain Sci Review Self-enhancement (SE) is often overlooked as a fundamental cognitive ability mediated via the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC). Here, we present research that establishes the relationship between the PFC, SE, and the potential evolved beneficial mechanisms. Specifically, we believe there is now enough evidence to speculate that SE exists to provide significant benefits and should be considered a normal aspect of the self. Whatever the metabolic or social cost, the upside of SE is great enough that it is a core and fundamental psychological construct. Furthermore, though entirely theoretical, we suggest that a critical reason the PFC has evolved so significantly in Homo sapiens is to, in part, sustain SE. We, therefore, elaborate on its proximate and ultimate mechanisms. MDPI 2022-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC9405933/ /pubmed/36009167 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081103 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yasin, Saeed
Fierst, Anjel
Keenan, Harper
Knapp, Amelia
Gallione, Katrina
Westlund, Tessa
Kirschner, Sydney
Vaidya, Sahana
Qiu, Christina
Rougebec, Audrey
Morss, Elodie
Lebiedzinski, Jack
Dejean, Maya
Keenan, Julian Paul
Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings
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title_full Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings
title_fullStr Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings
title_full_unstemmed Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings
title_short Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings
title_sort self-enhancement and the medial prefrontal cortex: the convergence of clinical and experimental findings
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9405933/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36009167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12081103
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