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ReviewBrain sciences2022

Self-Enhancement and the Medial Prefrontal Cortex: The Convergence of Clinical and Experimental Findings.

Saeed Yasin, Anjel Fierst, Harper Keenan, Amelia Knapp, Katrina Gallione, Tessa Westlund, Sydney Kirschner, Sahana Vaidya, Christina Qiu, Audrey Rougebec and 4 more

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Review in Brain sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Saeed YasinDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Anjel FierstDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Harper KeenanDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Amelia KnappDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Katrina GallioneDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Tessa WestlundDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Sydney KirschnerDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Sahana VaidyaDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Christina QiuDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0469-1000
Audrey RougebecDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Elodie MorssDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Jack LebiedzinskiDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Maya DejeanDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.
Julian Paul KeenanDepartment of Biology, Montclair State University, 320 Science Hall, Montclair, NJ 07043, USA.

Funding

Josh and Judy Weston 000LSAMP 000Wehner Foundation 000
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-enhancement (SE) is often overlooked as a fundamental cognitive ability mediated via the Prefrontal Cortex (PFC). Here, we present research that establishes the relationship between the PFC, SE, and the potential evolved beneficial mechanisms. Specifically, we believe there is now enough evidence to speculate that SE exists to provide significant benefits and should be considered a normal aspect of the self. Whatever the metabolic or social cost, the upside of SE is great enough that it is a core and fundamental psychological construct. Furthermore, though entirely theoretical, we suggest that a critical reason the PFC has evolved so significantly in

Indexed as

frontal cortexPFCSEself-deceptionself-enhancement

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PMID36009167
PMCPMC9405933

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