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Visual and action cues contribute to the self–other distinction

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The extrastriate body area was first identified because it responds to visual images of human body parts. Now a functional imaging study finds that it also responds to self-produced body movements, even when the moving body part is not visible.

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Figure 1: Cortical areas that are involved in the self–other distinction are outlined on the left hemisphere of a human brain.

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