Neural correlates of self-face recognition: An effect-location meta-analysis

作者：Platek Steven M^*; Wathne Kyrre; Tierney Niall G; Thomson Jaime W

来源：Brain Research, 2008, 1232: 173-184.

DOI：10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.010

• Self-face recognition
• Evolutionary cognitive neuroscience
• Functional neuroimaging
• Self-awareness
• Self-recognition
• Social cognition

Recent evidence from neuropsychological patients with focalized lesions and functional brain imaging studies indicate that processing of self is distinguishable from processing of information about others (e.g., recognizing a familiar face). Here, we conduct an effect-location meta-analysis (Fox et al., 1998) of 9 functional neuroimaging studies of self-face recognition. The evidence provides support for a right-dominated, but largely bilaterally distributed model for self-face processing. Four areas are consistently activated: the left fusiform gyrus, bilateral middle and inferior frontal gyri, and light precuneus. The evidence is interpreted in light of a developing model of self-face recognition as part of a larger social cognitive stream of processing.

• 出版日期2008-9-26