An embodied perspective: Angular gyrus and precuneus decode selfhood in memories of naturalistic events.

ABSTRACT: While we often assume that memory encoding occurs from an in-body (first-person) perspective, out-of-body experiences demonstrate that we can form memories from a third-person perspective. This phenomenon provides a distinctive opportunity to examine the interaction between embodiment and visual perspective during encoding, and how this interplay shapes the recall of past events. Participants formed memories for naturalistic events following a manipulation of their sense of embodiment from in-body and out-of-body perspectives and recalled them during functional scanning. Region of interest multivariate analyses examined how the angular gyrus, precuneus, and hippocampus reflected visual perspective, embodiment, and their interaction during remembering. Patterns of activity during retrieval

SUBMITTER: Iriye HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12330842 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature