Just Another Pretty Face?

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  • Author(s): Rusting, Ricki
  • Source:
    Scientific American. Nov2005, Vol. 293 Issue 5, p96-96. 1/2p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      BRAIN; CENTRAL nervous system; REASONING; THOUGHT & thinking; SELF; CONSCIOUSNESS; INDIVIDUALITY; IDENTITY (Psychology)
    • Abstract:
      Discusses the way that the brain processes information about the self compared to information about other aspects of life. Argument that parts of our brain that change their activity when we think about ourselves do so simply because we are familiar with ourselves; Details of a study addressing this issue, in which a man's face is photographed along with someone who resembles him; Brain response of the man when confronted with the images separately; Findings that lend support for the self-is-special hypothesis.