title: Mirror, mirror on the wall, how does my brain recognize my image at all?
abstract: For decades researchers have used mirrors to study self-recognition. However, attempts to identify neural processes underlying this ability have used photographs instead. Here we used event related potentials (ERPs) to compare self-face recognition in photographs versus mirrors and found distinct neural signatures. Measures of visual self-recognition are therefore not independent of the medium employed.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, McElwain Building, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia. davidbut@psy.uq.edu.au
authors.forename: David L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: Jason B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Mattingley
authors.forename: Ross
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cunnington
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suddendorf
mesh_terms: D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D010781:Photography; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*