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When the Brain Loses Its Self: Prefrontal Inactivation during Sensorimotor Processing

Ilan I. Goldberg, +2 more
- 20 Apr 2006 - 
- Vol. 50, Iss: 2, pp 329-339
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The results support the notion that self-related processes are not necessarily engaged during sensory perception and can be actually suppressed, and show a complete segregation between the two patterns of activity.
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This article is published in Neuron.The article was published on 2006-04-20 and is currently open access. It has received 552 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Perception & Brain activity and meditation.

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Reduced cortical thickness and increased surface area in antisocial personality disorder.

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The Principles of Psychology

William James
TL;DR: For instance, the authors discusses the multiplicity of the consciousness of self in the form of the stream of thought and the perception of space in the human brain, which is the basis for our work.
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A default mode of brain function.

TL;DR: A baseline state of the normal adult human brain in terms of the brain oxygen extraction fraction or OEF is identified, suggesting the existence of an organized, baseline default mode of brain function that is suspended during specific goal-directed behaviors.
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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

TL;DR: The authors argued that rational decisions are not the product of logic alone - they require the support of emotion and feeling, drawing on his experience with neurological patients affected with brain damage, Dr Damasio showed how absence of emotions and feelings can break down rationality.
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