Self-recognition and the right hemisphere

Julian Paul Keenan (), Aaron Nelson, Margaret O'Connor and Alvaro Pascual-Leone
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Julian Paul Keenan: Behavioral Neurology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Aaron Nelson: Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Margaret O'Connor: Behavioral Neurology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Alvaro Pascual-Leone: Behavioral Neurology Unit, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Nature, 2001, vol. 409, issue 6818, 305-305

Abstract: Abstract Although monkeys can perceive complex stimuli such as faces1, only the higher apes are capable of recognizing their own face in a mirror2. Here we show that in humans the right hemisphere of the brain seems to be preferentially involved in self-face recognition. Our findings indicate that neural substrates of the right hemisphere may selectively participate in processes linked to self-awareness.

Date: 2001
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