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Future You
TED Radio Hour
The Neuroscience of Thinking About Yourself
The self can be distinguished from other people, according to social neuroscience. Different parts of the brain are activated if you're thinking about yourself or another person. The author wanted to know whether those same parts were activated when we think about ourselves in the future. In 2007, how devised a test that would identify your future self as a different person.
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