These sorts of self-relevant questions can be answered automatically without having to think about the evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Old Timer's Disease] Reference
This post is, of course, the one I found the most fascinating because we always find things that are self-relevant the most fascinating. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-07-01] Reference
They were asked to think carefully about what each word meant to them before writing a self-relevant story involving the words. From Wordnik.com. [Prometheus 6 - All respect and no restraint] Reference
"This area is like a self-relevance detector, since it typically responds most to information that is self-relevant," Lombardo says. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The hyperactive default system could also help to explain hallucinations and paranoia by making neutral external stimuli seem inappropriately self-relevant. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
Lombardo's study helps explain this paradox: "On the surface these two observations seem like opposites, but they may converge on a common neurobiological explanation that the autistic brain responds less to information that is self-relevant," Lombardo says. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
"This new study shows that within the autistic brain, regions that typically prefer self-relevant information make no distinction between thinking about the self or another person. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
According to Lombardo: "This new study shows that within the autistic brain, regions that typically prefer self-relevant information make no distinction between thinking about the self or another person. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
The atypical way the autistic brain treats self-relevant information as equivalent to information about others could derail a child's social development, particularly in understanding how they relate to the social world around them. ". From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
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