Reduced functional coupling in the default-mode network during self-referential processing.

ABSTRACT: Activity within the default-mode network (DMN) is thought to be related to self-referential processing, such as thinking about one's preferences or personality traits. Although the DMN is generally considered to function as a network, evidence is starting to accumulate that suggests that areas of the DMN are each specialized for different subfunctions of self-referential processing. Here, we address the issue of functional specialization by investigating changes in coupling between areas of the DMN during self-referential processing. To this aim, brain activity was assessed during a task in which subjects had to indicate whether a trait adjective described their own personality (self-referential, Self condition), that of another person (other-referential, Other condition), or whether the t

SUBMITTER: van Buuren M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6870730 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature