Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-25-2021
Journal / Book Title
Symmetry
Abstract
While the desire to uncover the neural correlates of consciousness has taken numerous directions, self-face recognition has been a constant in attempts to isolate aspects of self-awareness. The neuroimaging revolution of the 1990s brought about systematic attempts to isolate the underlying neural basis of self-face recognition. These studies, including some of the first fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) examinations, revealed a right-hemisphere bias for self-face recognition in a diverse set of regions including the insula, the dorsal frontal lobe, the temporal parietal junction, and the medial temporal cortex. In this systematic review, we provide confirmation of these data (which are correlational) which were provided by TMS (transcranial magnetic stimulation) and patients in which direct inhibition or ablation of right-hemisphere regions leads to a disruption or absence of self-face recognition. These data are consistent with a number of theories including a right-hemisphere dominance for self-awareness and/or a right-hemisphere specialization for identifying significant social relationships, including to oneself.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13071135
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Janowska, Aleksandra; Balugas, Brianna; Pardillo, Matthew; Mistretta, Victoria; Chavarria, Katherine; Brenya, Janet; Shelansky, Taylor; Martinez, Vanessa; Pagano, Kitty; Ahmad, Nathira; Zorns, Samantha; Straus, Abigail; Sierra, Sarah; and Keenan, Julian, "The Neurological Asymmetry of Self-Face Recognition" (2021). Department of Biology Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 454.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/biology-facpubs/454
Published Citation
Janowska, Aleksandra, Brianna Balugas, Matthew Pardillo, Victoria Mistretta, Katherine Chavarria, Janet Brenya, Taylor Shelansky et al. "The Neurological Asymmetry of Self-Face Recognition." Symmetry 13, no. 7 (2021): 1135.
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