Article
Neurosciences
Marie Levorsen, Ryuta Aoki, Kenji Matsumoto, Constantine Sedikides, Keise Izuma
Summary: Knowledge about one's personality, the self-concept, shapes human experience. Social cognitive neuroscience has made progress in understanding how the self is represented in the brain, but the answer remains elusive. Through two functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments, we found that the importance of attributes to self-identity is represented in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which is unrelated to the self-descriptiveness of attributes and importance of attributes to a friend's self-identity. Our research provides a comprehensive answer: The self-concept is conceptualized in terms of self-importance and represented in the mPFC.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ruben T. Azevedo, J. Rodrigo Diaz-Siso, Allyson R. Alfonso, Elie P. Ramly, Rami S. Kantar, Zoe P. Berman, Gustave K. Diep, William J. Rifkin, Eduardo D. Rodriguez, Manos Tsakiris
Summary: The face is crucial for our social interactions and personal identity. However, what happens when our face is radically altered or replaced? This study explores the plasticity of self-face recognition in the context of facial transplantation. Neurobehavioral evidence suggests that the transplanted face gradually becomes recognized as the recipient's own new face, supported by neural activity in regions associated with self-perception.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ruben T. Azevedo, J. Rodrigo Diaz-Siso, Allyson R. Alfonso, Elie P. Ramly, Rami S. Kantar, Zoe P. Berman, Gustave K. Diep, William J. Rifkin, Eduardo D. Rodriguez, Manos Tsakiris
Summary: The face is crucial for our social interactions and individuality, but what happens when it is radically altered or replaced? This study examines the plasticity of self-face recognition in the context of facial transplantation. Neurobehavioral evidence shows that the recipient gradually incorporates the transplanted face into their self-identity, supported by neural activity in the medial frontal regions.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
Review
Rehabilitation
Maria M. Martin-Saez, Neil James
Summary: The experience of occupational identity disruption post-stroke involves factors such as fragmented body, loss of control, changed social interactions, and participation loss. The three stages of this experience include occupational identity loss, de-valued self, and threat to identity continuity. Coping strategies for individuals include protecting oneself, social isolation, and re-inventing one's occupational self.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Konrad Piotrowski, Agnieszka Bojanowska, Aleksandra Nowicka, Bartosz Janasek
Summary: This study explores the relationship between two dimensions of perfectionism and identity formation outcomes, mediated by shame, guilt-proneness, and self-esteem. The findings suggest that perfectionistic strivings and concerns have different impacts on identity resolution, which may inform psychotherapeutic interventions aiming to reduce perfectionistic concerns and enhance perfectionistic strivings.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Rehabilitation
Harry McNaughton, Mark Weatherall, Kathryn McPherson, Vivian Fu, William J. Taylor, Anna McRae, Tom Thomson, John Gommans, Geoff Green, Matire Harwood, Annemarei Ranta, Carl Hanger, Judith Riley
Summary: The self-directed Take Charge intervention for rehabilitation after stroke may modify participants' motivation, mastery, and connectedness, although the specific mechanism remains uncertain. The study found that there was a significant positive association between baseline AMP-C scores and 12-month outcomes for the control group, but not for the combined Take Charge groups.
CLINICAL REHABILITATION
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Fei Chen, Cheng Cheng Yan, Lin Wang, Xiao Jing Lou
Summary: Early western research focuses on identity, while collectivist Chinese culture places more importance on group-level goals and situational factors. A primed identity may inhibit alternative identities in western culture, but not necessarily in Chinese culture.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Psychiatry
Maev Conneely, Philip McNamee, Veenu Gupta, John Richardson, Stefan Priebe, Janelle M. Jones, Domenico Giacco
Summary: This study synthesized five different understandings of identity changes among people with psychotic disorders, with loss being a predominant theme. The findings have important implications for clinical practice, suggesting new therapeutic approaches that acknowledge and address identity changes, as well as for researchers, providing a framework for understanding identity changes in this population.
SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Line Indrevoll Stanicke
Summary: Self-harm among adolescents has been on the rise, primarily associated with mental illness and suicide risk. This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of self-harm in adolescents, identifying three superordinate themes: self-punishment, lack of emotional awareness, and feeling hurt and neglected. The study suggests that these themes play a crucial role in shaping self-representations during adolescence.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
James McGinley, Emily Stapleton, Hannah Worrall, Henry B. Ellis, Philip L. Wilson, Sophia Ulman
Summary: This study aims to explore factors related to athletic identity in youth after anterior cruciate ligament injury. The results indicate that sex, years active in sport, activity level, and ACSI-Coachability differ based on athletic identity score. Youth athletes have a strong identification with the athlete role and may suffer psychosocial consequences after injury. Future research should evaluate similar factors in a larger, diversified population over the course of recovery.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Management
Andrew D. Brown
Summary: Identities are multiple, fluid, constructed within power relations, and not easily described as positive or authentic; the emergent identity work perspective serves as a counterbalance to tendencies that may lead to narrow research and fragmentation.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Gauthier Everard, Yasmine Otmane-Tolba, Zelie Rosselli, Thomas Pellissier, Khawla Ajana, Stephanie Dehem, Edouard Auvinet, Martin Gareth Edwards, Julien Lebleu, Thierry Lejeune
Summary: This study developed an immersive virtual reality version of the Box and Block Test (BBT-VR) and assessed its concurrent validity and usability among patients with stroke and healthy participants. The results showed that BBT-VR is a reliable test that can effectively evaluate manual dexterity and provide kinematic parameters.
JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Junping Sun, Yu Song, Guangtao Yu
Summary: In the VUCA era, the fluidity of organizations and the variability of individual work replace traditional stability and continuity. Employee organizational identity, as a stable force, is crucial for connecting employees to organizations. Interpersonal processes play a significant role in constructing employee organizational identity, with relationship-building behaviors enhancing this connection through the connected self mechanism.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Michael J. Carter, Jen Marony
Summary: The study found that individuals perceived more changes in their role identities compared to their person and social identities when reflecting on their past experiences. The magnitude of perceived change in any type of identity was related to negative emotions, but if the change was perceived as progressive, it was linked to greater authenticity, self-efficacy, self-worth, and positive emotions.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Vid Kersic, Urban Vidovic, Andraz Vrecko, Martin Domajnko, Muhamed Turkanovic
Summary: Digital identity is crucial in the digitalization age, where most processes and interactions occur online. However, different fields and communities often have their own identity management solutions, despite their similarities. This paper focuses on managing decentralized digital identities both on and off the blockchain, with the aim of converging them into a single universal wallet.
