Neural Evidence of Mirror Self-Recognition in the Secondary Somatosensory Cortex of Macaque: Observations from a Single-Cell Recording Experiment and Implications for Consciousness
| Autor: | Atsushi Iriki, Miki Taoka, Axel Cleeremans, Rafael Vieira Bretas, Sayaka Hihara |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Consciousness
media_common.quotation_subject self-other Stimulation Self recognition Self-in-the-world Somatosensory system consciousness Macaque lcsh:RC321-571 self-recognition biology.animal Self-awareness Self-other Single-unit recording lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry media_common biology Secondary somatosensory cortex General Neuroscience Brief Report Généralités Self-recognition self-in-the-world Electrophysiology self–other Psychology Neuroscience self-awareness |
| Zdroj: | Brain Sciences Brain Sciences, Vol 11, Iss 157, p 157 (2021) Brain sciences, 11 (2 |
| ISSN: | 2076-3425 |
| Popis: | Despite mirror self-recognition being regarded as a classical indication of self-awareness, little is known about its neural underpinnings. An increasing body of evidence pointing to a role of multimodal somatosensory neurons in self-recognition guided our investigation toward the secondary somatosensory cortex (SII), as we observed single-neuron activity from a macaque monkey sitting in front of a mirror. The monkey was previously habituated to the mirror, successfully acquiring the ability of mirror self-recognition. While the monkey underwent visual and somatosensory stimulation, multimodal visual and somatosensory activity was detected in the SII, with neurons found to respond to stimuli seen through the mirror. Responses were also modulated by self-related or non-self-related stimuli. These observations corroborate that vision is an important aspect of SII activity, with electrophysiological evidence of mirror self-recognition at the neuronal level, even when such an ability is not innate. We also show that the SII may be involved in distinguishing self and non-self. Together, these results point to the involvement of the SII in the establishment of bodily self-consciousness. SCOPUS: ar.j info:eu-repo/semantics/published |
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