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

Brain Res

School of Biological Sciences, Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Center (MARIARC), The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GE, UK.

Published: September 2008

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 right 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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2008.07.010DOI Listing

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