Human Brain Mapping
October 4, 2018
Annemarie Wolff, Daniel A. di Giovanni, Javier Gómez‐Pilar et al.
135 citations
The self is the core of our mental life. Previous investigations have demonstrated a strong neural overlap between self-related activity and resting state activity. This suggests that information about self-relatedness is encoded in our brain's spontaneous activity. The exact neuronal mechanisms of such "rest-self containment," however, remain unclear. The present EEG study investigated...
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
2017
Noriaki Kanayama, Tomohisa Asai, Takashi Nakao et al.
10 citations
The self includes complicated and heterogeneous functions. Researchers have divided the self into three distinct functions called "agency," "ownership," and "narrative self". These correspond to psychiatric symptoms, behavioral characteristics and neural responses, but their relationship with brain structure is unclear. This study examined the relationship between the subjectivity of...
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior
November 2014
Nir Lipsman, Takashi Nakao, Noriaki Kanayama et al.
High activity of the default mode network (DMN) has been proposed to be central in processing self-relevant events. Thus far, this hypothesis of DMN function has not been tested directly using neurophysiological techniques. To test for the link between frontal midline DMN activity and self-relevant processing we measured neuronal activity (single-neurons' firing rates) in human subcallosal...
PLoS One
2012
Hiroki Murakami, Takashi Nakao, Masahiro Matsunaga et al.
Mindfulness is currently attracting a great deal of attention as a psychotherapy technique. It is defined as bringing one's complete attention to the experiences occurring in the present moment in a nonjudgmental or accepting way. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) was developed to assess individual differences in mindfulness states. The FFMQ is composed of five facets representing...
Kazuki Yamamoto, Jianhong Zhu, Junya Hashimoto et al.
preprint
Anomalous subjective recall refers to autobiographical memories whose factual content can be retrieved but are not experienced as one’s own, instead feeling alien. It is thought to reflect disrupted temporal self-continuity during depersonalization; however, its neural basis remains poorly understood. Because task-based measures may be less suitable for capturing trait-like alterations in...