Description
Self-Face Recognition and the Brain explores a fundamental cornerstone of human consciousness; how recognizing ourselves leads to a better understanding of the brain and higher-order thinking.
Featuring contributions from an interdisciplinary range of researchers, each chapter provides a unique insight into one aspect of self-face recognition. The book begins by introducing readers to the concept of self-face recognition, covering issues like the mirror-test and whether animals can recognize themselves, before addressing the role of neural correlates and attempts at localizing consciousness. It then discusses various disorders and the impact they can have on self-face recognition before considering how neuroscience can heighten our understanding of the field.
It will be an essential read for all researchers of self-face recognition, from psychology, philosophy, and neuroscience backgrounds.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Julian Paul Keenan, Karina Quevedo and William D. Hopkins
1. Self-Recognition, Self-Awareness, and Social Intelligence
Gordon G. Gallup Jr. and Steven M. Platek
2. Self-Face Recognition: From the Ancients to the Scanner
Aleksandra Janowska and Robert Lurz
3. Cognitive and Neuroanatomical Foundations of Individual Differences in Mirror Self-Recognition in Chimpanzees
William D. Hopkins
4. Why the Neural Correlates Matter: Evidence for Self-Recognition in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Tested in a Naturalistic Environment
William Christiana, Sydney Tucker, Amanda Johnson, Claudia Sierzputowski, Tori Zirul and Julian Paul Keenan
5. The role of von Economo neurons in mediating human social awareness: implications for comparative evolutionary studies
Mackenzie Hepker and Chet C. Sherwood
6. Self-conscious emotions associated with self-face perception
Tomoyo Morita
7. Adolescent Depression and Suicide Attempts and the Neurobiology of Self-Processing
Nikki Ashtiani, Giang Hoang Nguyen, Janani Ranatunga, Nathira Ahmad, Rudy Qamhiyeh and Karina Quevedo
8. Self-face and self-voice representation: Insights for and from autism
Anya Chakraborty, Alexis Lawson and Bhismadev Chakrabarti
9. Self-face and brain in schizophrenia and social anxiety disorder
Min-Kyeong Kim and Jae-Jin Kim
10. How the Enfacement illusion blurs the thin line between self and other
Ilaria Bufalari, Giuseppina Porciello and Ilaria Minio-Paluello
11. The Self-Face: Clinical implications
Nathira Ahmad, Anthony Minervini and David Roane
