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The extrastriate body area (EBA) and the fusiform body area (FBA) are selectively activated by viewing human bodies. However, the role of these functionally defined brain areas in self-other discrimination is still unresolved. Thirty-one females were presented with 16 pictures of their own body and another body in a bikini and with scrambled images while fMRI was performed. Moreover, standardized stimulus material was used in order to localize the EBA and FBA. Region-of-interest analysis showed an enhanced BOLD response to the self-images relative to the non-self-images in the right EBA and FBA. The right EBA and FBA are activated differently by viewing oneself and others and might thus play a role in visual self-other discrimination.
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Vocks, S., Busch, M., Grönemeyer, D. et al. Differential neuronal responses to the self and others in the extrastriate body area and the fusiform body area. Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience 10, 422–429 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3758/CABN.10.3.422
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