People in the cognitive process may temporarily lose self-

Technology report () message: people in the course of the practice would lose self? in many relevant theoretical models of thinking, the answer is no. But Mr. nuzman Institute of Neurobiology, Rafi · malah Professor-led research team found that when people accept external task, if the task requires them to concentrate, so the brain regions involved in self-cognition, inactive, and appear to be depressed, loss of self spirit.

Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan of the brain function of the system, by measuring changes in blood flow and oxygenation, to describe the brain are active. They give the subjects of the two options, or look at some photos, or listen to a short piece of music. But for every kind of stimulation, subjects were asked to complete two different tasks. One called it the "self" that is, ask them to consider their own, as well as a photo or music fragment to how they feel, and the other called "sensory engine" that requires volunteers for rapid cognitive exercise, as pointed out that those containing a "horn" sound of music fragments, etc.

The brain's frontal lobe anterior cortex in a given region are considered and the person's personality and self awareness. By testers in a different environment of MRI brain scan, study finds these regions in "introspection", is in Active state. However, when the volunteers was engrossed in "cognitive tasks", these areas of activity started to become silent.

Researchers believe that the brain's cognitive self-awareness Center for the outside world, and is not a critical factor, on the contrary, as an observer on the sensory experience and are more aware of their own, the prefrontal cortex of self regional exhibit special characteristics. When the brain is the external world demands "forgetting oneself" directive to occupy, only partial special sensory system seems to be necessary.

"This is very interesting," malah said, "If you take these findings into a broader perspective, is to change the traditional Western thought (stressed self control and as the Center), and towards the Eastern concepts (must abandon ourselves to the outside world). ”