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Foundations of human self-reflection: Error-monitoring developmentally predicts the emergence of self-representation

2026-02-02

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Self-reflection is central to human cognition and is arguably a defining feature of human consciousness. Yet, the mechanisms enabling our mind to reflect upon itself and to construct a conceptual sense of self remain poorly understood. This study brings empirical traction to the puzzle of self-reflection by studying human infants, across the period when a conceptual self is believed to emerge, from 12 to 18 months...

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Literature Corpus work: 874acd82-c9f5-58ef-8937-a9ae2cdc8f38
DOI: 10.64898/2026.02.01.702903

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