RESEARCH ARTICLE
Enhanced Power Within the Default Mode Network in Normal Subjects with Elevated Scores on an Egocentric Scale
Mark W.G Collins a, Michael A Persinger a, b, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2014Volume: 8
First Page: 5
Last Page: 10
Publisher ID: TONIJ-8-5
DOI: 10.2174/1874440001408010005
Article History:
Received Date: 1/9/2014Revision Received Date: 7/9/2014
Acceptance Date: 7/9/2014
Electronic publication date: 14 /11/2014
Collection year: 2014

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Abstract
Integrated global power from the primary structures that composed the Default Mode Network (DMN) and from a random collection of other structures were measured by sLORETA (standardized low-resolution electromagnetic tomography) for young university volunteers who had completed an inventory that contained a subscale by which egocentricity has been inferred. Subjects who exhibited higher scores for egocentricity displayed significantly more power within the DMN structures relative to comparison areas. This was not observed for individuals whose egocentricity scores were lowest where the power differences between the DMN and comparison structures were not significant statistically. DMN power was greater in the right hemisphere than the left for men but greater in the left hemisphere than the right for women. The results are consistent with our operating metaphor that elevation of power or activity within the DMN is associated with greater affiliation with the self and its cognitive contents.