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Georg Northoff

Canada Research Chair in Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, ELJB-CIHR Michael Smith …
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Self-referential processing in our brain—a meta-analysis of imaging studies on the self

G Northoff, A Heinzel, M De Greck, F Bermpohl… - Neuroimage, 2006 - Elsevier
The question of the self has intrigued philosophers and psychologists for a long time. More
recently, distinct concepts of self have also been suggested in neuroscience. However, the …

Cortical midline structures and the self

G Northoff, F Bermpohl - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2004 - cell.com
For a long time philosophers and psychologists have been intrigued by the question of the
self. More recently, this has become a topic of discussion in neuroscience. In this article, we …

How is our self related to midline regions and the default-mode network?

P Qin, G Northoff - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
The problem of the self has been of increasing interest in recent neuroscience. Brain imaging
studies have raised the question of whether neural activity in cortical midline regions is self-…

Is our self nothing but reward?

G Northoff, DJ Hayes - Biological psychiatry, 2011 - Elsevier
Neuroscience has increasingly explored the neural mechanisms underlying our sense of
self. Recent studies have demonstrated the recruitment of regions like the ventral tegmental …

Culture-sensitive neural substrates of human cognition: A transcultural neuroimaging approach

S Han, G Northoff - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2008 - nature.com
Our brains and minds are shaped by our experiences, which mainly occur in the context of
the culture in which we develop and live. Although psychologists have provided abundant …

A cultural neuroscience approach to the biosocial nature of the human brain

S Han, G Northoff, K Vogeley, BE Wexler… - Annual review of …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Cultural neuroscience (CN) is an interdisciplinary field that investigates the relationship between
culture (eg, value and belief systems and practices shared by groups) and human brain …

GABA concentrations in the human anterior cingulate cortex predict negative BOLD responses in fMRI

G Northoff, M Walter, RF Schulte, J Beck, U Dydak… - Nature …, 2007 - nature.com
The human anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is part of the default-mode network that shows
predominant negative blood oxygen level–dependent (BOLD) responses in functional …

Is there a core neural network in empathy? An fMRI based quantitative meta-analysis

Y Fan, NW Duncan, M De Greck, G Northoff - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
Whilst recent neuroimaging studies have identified a series of different brain regions as
being involved in empathy, it remains unclear concerning the activation consistence of these …

What catatonia can tell us about “top-down modulation”: a neuropsychiatric hypothesis

G Northoff - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2002 - cambridge.org
Differential diagnosis of motor symptoms, for example, akinesia, may be difficult in clinical
neuropsychiatry. Symptoms may be either of neurologic origin, for example, Parkinson's …

Imbalance between left and right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in major depression is linked to negative emotional judgment: an fMRI study in severe major depressive …

…, F Bermpohl, L Niehaus, H Boeker, G Northoff - Biological …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although recent neuroimaging and therapeutic transcranial magnetic cortex
stimulation (TMS) studies suggest imbalance between left and right dorsolateral prefrontal …