The No. 1 Habit That Slowly Destroys Self-Confidence, By A Psychologist

We think our self-confidence is a cumulative reflection of our achievements, when it’s actually a reflection of how often we ...
Psychology Today

Can the Embodied Self Explain Near-Death Experiences?

The self emerges from ongoing integration of bodily signals. When these signals collapse, we expect the self-model to become ...

Excessive social media use may erode a sense of self and body image, scientists say

A recent study indicates that heavy Instagram usage might be reshaping how young adults view their bodies. It appears that ...
The Week

Is your favourite Instagram filter quietly altering your sense of self?

Much of the existing research on social media has focused on body dissatisfaction, weight concerns and appearance comparison ...
NPR

Having an out-of-body experience? Blame this sausage-shaped piece of your brain

Dr. Josef Parvizi remembers meeting a man with epilepsy whose seizures were causing some very unusual symptoms. "He came to my clinic and said, 'My sense of self is changing,'" says Parvizi, a ...
Medical Xpress

Where in the brain is your sense of self?

Ever wonder where in your brain that interesting character called "I" lives? Stanford Medicine physician-scientist Josef Parvizi, MD, Ph.D., has news of its whereabouts. If skulls were transparent, ...
Phys.org

Excessive Instagram use could erode our sense of self, altering the perception of our bodies

Instagram use could influence not only how we see our bodies, but also how our brain perceives the bodies we inhabit as "ours." In short, it could erode our sense of self to the point of no longer ...
Salon

Our memory records very little of our lives. So how does the brain reconcile our sense of self?

I am not myself lately. Then again, was I ever? I’m not the self I was a year ago, or the one I will be in five minutes. My sense of reality is ephemeral, and my circumstances are constantly rewriting ...
Nature

The role of bodily self-consciousness in episodic memory of naturalistic events: an immersive virtual reality study

Recent studies suggest that the human body plays a critical role in episodic memory. Still, the precise relationship between bodily self-consciousness (BSC) and memory formation of specific events, ...
The Atlantic

Where Our Sense of Self Comes From

We accept as self-evident that each of us is free to think and form our own opinions, that we have autonomous selves. Western societies and institutions are founded on this spirit of individual ...
Fast Company

Rebuilding your sense of self after a job loss

When you meet someone new at a party, you may open the conversation with “What do you do?” There’s a reason for that. This question reflects how deeply a person’s job and career is tied to their daily ...
Psychology Today

Losing Home: Rediscovering a Sense of Self

Watch the news on any given day, and you'll see folks losing their homes – running from the bombs of war, fleeing wildfires, earthquakes, floods, or leaving their country searching for a better life.