How is our self related to midline regions and the default-mode network?

NeuroImage

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1221-1233

  Qin, Pengmin ^a   Northoff, Georg ^b  

^a Institute of Mental Health Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Default mode network; Familiarity; Meta analysis; Self

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

BRAIN; HUMANS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 79959776669     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.028     Document Type: Review

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