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Brains creating stories of selves: the neural basis of autobiographical reasoning.
D'Argembeau, Arnaud; Cassol, Helena; Phillips, Christophe et al.
2014In Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9, p. 646-652
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Abstract :
[en] Personal identity critically depends on the creation of stories about the self and one's life. The present study investigates the neural substrates of autobiographical reasoning, a process central to the construction of such narratives. During fMRI scanning, participants approached a set of personally significant memories in two different ways: on some trials, they remembered the concrete content of the events (autobiographical remembering), whereas on other trials they reflected on the broader meaning and implications of their memories (autobiographical reasoning). Relative to remembering, autobiographical reasoning recruited a left-lateralized network involved in conceptual processing (including the dorsal medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC), inferior frontal gyrus, middle temporal gyrus, and angular gyrus). The ventral MPFC-an area that may function to generate personal/affective meaning-was not consistently engaged during autobiographical reasoning across participants but, interestingly, the activity of this region was modulated by individual differences in interest and willingness to engage in self-reflection. These findings support the notion that autobiographical reasoning and the construction of personal narratives go beyond mere remembering in that they require deriving meaning and value from past experiences.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
D'Argembeau, Arnaud  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychopathologie cognitive
Cassol, Helena 
Phillips, Christophe  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Balteau, Evelyne ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre de recherches du cyclotron
Salmon, Eric  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Neuroimagerie des troubles de la mémoire et révalid. cogn.
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie : cognition et comportement > Psychopathologie cognitive
Language :
English
Title :
Brains creating stories of selves: the neural basis of autobiographical reasoning.
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
ISSN :
1749-5016
eISSN :
1749-5024
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Volume :
9
Pages :
646-652
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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