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. 2025 Mar 5:16:1499039.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1499039. eCollection 2025.

Navigating the self online

Shisei Tei  1 , Junya Fujino  2 , Toshiya Murai  1
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Navigating the self online

Shisei Tei et al. Front Psychol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: autopoiesis; bodily experience; default mode network; digital era; embodiment; narrative; public mental health; self.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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The self in digital communication. (A) Self-externalization: Cognitive focus shifts from internal reflection to outward exploration, including emotions, beliefs, and preferences. (B) Communication and digital technology: While digital tools and AI-powered agents enrich communication and perspectives, excessive reliance can disrupt interpersonal relationships and the shared center of narrative gravity. (C) Self as the center of narrative and cognitive gravity: This figure metaphorically illustrates the self as shaped by the interplay between self and others, along with cognitive processes, drawing on Dennett's (2014) concept of the self as a center of narrative gravity and the DMN's role as the brain's center of gravity for self-processing (Davey and Harrison, 2018). Images are used under license from iStock.
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