Neural activation pattern in self-deceivers |
| |
Authors: | Meena Sharma Shilpi Modi Subash Khushu Manas K. Mandal |
| |
Affiliation: | 1.Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences,Delhi,India;2.Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences,Delhi,India;3.Defence Institute of Psychological Research,Delhi,India |
| |
Abstract: | While deception is a conscious cognitive effort and self-deception is an unconscious cognitive effort. Such effort possibly shapes the working memory and generates a neural activation pattern in self-deception. Little attempt was made to identify activation pattern in self-deception. The present study investigated the phenomenon of self-deception by increasing the working memory functions using a boxcar design. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) revealed more activation in bilateral inferior parietal lobule (BA 40), superior parietal lobule (BA 7), middle frontal gyrus (BA 9), medial frontal gyrus (BA 6), thalamus and cerebellum. Activated areas in frontal and parietal cortex suggest significant role of working memory during self-deception. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|