Mirror, mirror on the wall, how does my brain recognize my image at all?

For decades researchers have used mirrors to study self-recognition. However, attempts to identify neural processes underlying this ability have used photographs instead. Here we used event related potentials (ERPs) to compare self-face recognition in photographs versus mirrors and found distinct ne...

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Main Authors: David L Butler, Jason B Mattingley, Ross Cunnington, Thomas Suddendorf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3281068?pdf=render