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Neural Correlates of Self and Its Interaction With Memory in Healthy Adolescents
Author(s) -
Dégeilh Fanny,
GuilleryGirard Bérengère,
Dayan Jacques,
Gaubert Malo,
Chételat Gaël,
Egler PierreJean,
Baleyte JeanMarc,
Eustache Francis,
Viard Armelle
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12440
Subject(s) - psychology , functional magnetic resonance imaging , neural correlates of consciousness , developmental psychology , anterior cingulate cortex , encoding (memory) , self , neuroscience , self reference effect , cognitive psychology , cognition , prefrontal cortex , social psychology , consumer neuroscience
Adolescence is marked by the development of personal identity and is associated with structural and functional changes in brain regions associated with Self processing. Yet, little is known about the neural correlates of self‐reference processing and self‐reference effect in adolescents. This functional magnetic resonance imaging study consists of a self‐reference paradigm followed by a recognition test proposed to 30 healthy adolescents aged 13–18 years old. Results showed that the rostral anterior cingulate cortex is specifically involved in self‐reference processing and that this specialization develops gradually from 13 to 18 years old. The self‐reference effect is associated with increased brain activation changes during encoding, suggesting that the beneficial effect of Self on memory may occur at encoding of self‐referential information, rather than at retrieval.