Figure 1.
Image showing the overlap in peaks of activation from studies of self-referential cognition, other-referential cognition, and theory of mind within the medial prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate/precuneus.
Boundaries are 16mm from within midline. All peaks are taken from exemplary studies in the literature. Brain is depicted on a representative sagittal slice of the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) template (x = −2).
Table 1.
Participant characteristics and manipulation checks on the SRE paradigm.
Figure 2.
Line graph depicting recognition memory performance (top) and self-referential biases in memory (bottom) during the SRE paradigm.
Bars indicate +/− one SEM.
Table 2.
SRE paradigm data.
Table 3.
Empathy and self-consciousness/awareness data.
Figure 3.
Scatterplots depicting the relationship between self memory and Eyes test (top) or AQ scores (bottom).
Figure 4.
Scatterplots depicting the relationship between alexithymia and Eyes test (top) or AQ scores (bottom).
Figure 5.
Scatterplots depicting the relationship between self-focused attention and Eyes test (top) and AQ scores (bottom).
The index of self-focused attention is the percentage of first person pronouns used on the Self-Focus Sentence Completion test.
Figure 6.
Scatterplot depicting the relationship between self-focused attention and Eyes test performance.
The index of self-focused attention is a reflective form of self-focused attention as measured by the Private Self-Consciousness Scale.