TY - JOUR
T1 - The self and its internal thought
T2 - In search for a psychological baseline
AU - Scalabrini, Andrea
AU - Schimmenti, Adriano
AU - De Amicis, Michelangelo
AU - Porcelli, Piero
AU - Benedetti, Francesco
AU - Mucci, Clara
AU - Northoff, Georg
N1 - Funding Information:
This project/research was supported by ?Search for Excellence ? UdA? (University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti Pescara) to A.Sca. for the project SYNC (The Self and its psYchological and Neuronal Correlates ? Implications for the understanding and treatment of depression as a disorder of Self), by the Michael Smith Foundation Canada Research Chair, by the grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFC1306700) and from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation under the Specific Grant Agreement No. 785907 (Human Brain Project SGA2), the ERANET grant, NFRF grant, and Team grant from uOMBRI to GN. The authors report no relevant financial conflicts. The authors would like to thank Rosy Esposito, Jessica Sigismondi and Laura Marozzi for their help in collecting and organizing the data during the first stage of the project.
Funding Information:
This project/research was supported by “Search for Excellence – UdA” (University G. d’Annunzio of Chieti Pescara) to A.Sca. for the project SYNC (The Self and its psYchological and Neuronal Correlates – Implications for the understanding and treatment of depression as a disorder of Self), by the Michael Smith Foundation Canada Research Chair, by the grant from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, National Key R&D Program of China ( 2016YFC1306700 ) and from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Framework Program for Research and Innovation under the Specific Grant Agreement No. 785907 (Human Brain Project SGA2), the ERANET grant, NFRF grant, and Team grant from uOMBRI to GN.
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PY - 2022/1
Y1 - 2022/1
N2 - Self-consciousness is neuronally associated with the brain's default mode network as its “neuronal baseline” while, psychologically the self is characterized by different thought modes and dynamics. We here raise the question whether they reflect the “psychological baseline” of the self. We investigate the psychological relationship of the self with thought modes (rumination, reflection) and mind-wandering dynamics (spontaneous, deliberate), as well as with depressive symptomatology. Our findings show a relationship between self-consciousness and i) mind-wandering dynamics, and ii) thought functional modes, in their respective forms. At the same time, self-consciousness is more related to spontaneous mind-wandering than deliberate and to rumination than reflection. Furthermore, iii) rumination acts as a mediator between self-consciousness and spontaneous mind-wandering dynamics; and iv) the relationship between high levels of self-consciousness and depressive symptoms is mediated by ruminative modes and spontaneous mind-wandering dynamics. Together, these findings support the view of the self as “psychological baseline”.
AB - Self-consciousness is neuronally associated with the brain's default mode network as its “neuronal baseline” while, psychologically the self is characterized by different thought modes and dynamics. We here raise the question whether they reflect the “psychological baseline” of the self. We investigate the psychological relationship of the self with thought modes (rumination, reflection) and mind-wandering dynamics (spontaneous, deliberate), as well as with depressive symptomatology. Our findings show a relationship between self-consciousness and i) mind-wandering dynamics, and ii) thought functional modes, in their respective forms. At the same time, self-consciousness is more related to spontaneous mind-wandering than deliberate and to rumination than reflection. Furthermore, iii) rumination acts as a mediator between self-consciousness and spontaneous mind-wandering dynamics; and iv) the relationship between high levels of self-consciousness and depressive symptoms is mediated by ruminative modes and spontaneous mind-wandering dynamics. Together, these findings support the view of the self as “psychological baseline”.
KW - Depression
KW - Psychological baseline
KW - Rumination
KW - Self-consciousness
KW - Spontaneous thought
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U2 - 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103244
DO - 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103244
M3 - Article
C2 - 34847513
AN - SCOPUS:85120168537
SN - 1053-8100
VL - 97
JO - Consciousness and Cognition
JF - Consciousness and Cognition
M1 - 103244
ER -