PMID- 22399409
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120411
LR  - 20161109
IS  - 0065-2598 (Print)
IS  - 0065-2598 (Linking)
VI  - 739
DP  - 2012
TI  - The neural basis of semantic and episodic forms of self-knowledge: insights from 
      functional neuroimaging.
PG  - 276-90
LID - 10.1007/978-1-4614-1704-0_18 [doi]
AB  - Throughout evolution, hominids have developed greater capacity to think about 
      themselves in abstract and symbolic ways. This process has reached its apex in 
      humans with the construction of a concept of self as a distinct entity with a 
      personal history. This chapter provides a review of recent functional 
      neuroimaging studies that have investigated the neural correlates of such 
      "higher-level" aspects of the human self, focusing in particular on processes 
      that allow individuals to consciously represent and reflect on their own personal 
      attributes (semantic forms of self-knowledge) and experiences (episodic forms of 
      self-knowledge). These studies point to the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) as a 
      key neural structure for processing various kinds of self-referential 
      information. We speculate that the MPFC may mediate dynamic processes that 
      appraise and code the self-relatedness or self-relevance of information. This 
      brain region may thus play a key role in creating the mental model of the self 
      that is displayed in our mind at a given moment.
FAU - D'Argembeau, Arnaud
AU  - D'Argembeau A
AD  - Department of Cognitive Sciences, Unversity of Liege, Liege, Belgium. 
      a.dargembeau@ulg.ac.be
FAU - Salmon, Eric
AU  - Salmon E
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Adv Exp Med Biol
JT  - Advances in experimental medicine and biology
JID - 0121103
SB  - IM
MH  - Awareness/*physiology
MH  - Brain/*physiology
MH  - *Ego
MH  - Functional Neuroimaging/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Semantics
EDAT- 2012/03/09 06:00
MHDA- 2012/04/12 06:00
CRDT- 2012/03/09 06:00
PHST- 2012/03/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/03/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/04/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/978-1-4614-1704-0_18 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Adv Exp Med Biol. 2012;739:276-90. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1704-0_18.