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Disrupted self-referential processing and empathy-based interventions in mental disorders: neural mechanisms, cognitive biases, and therapeutic integration

  • By

  • Siqintu

  • Qinglin Bao

  • Dezhi Yang

  • Zhiheng Dong

  • Chula

  • Husile

  • Muxiyanle

  • Zhiyong Bao

  • Limei He

  • Wulan

  • Temuqile

  • July 6, 2026

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    Self-referential processing (SRP) is crucial for identity formation, emotional regulation, and social navigation.

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    Disruptions in SRP are common across psychiatric disorders, leading to negative self-perception and emotional dysregulation.

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    The medial prefrontal cortex and default mode network are key neural regions involved in SRP and its dysfunction.

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    Empathy and SRP share overlapping neurocognitive mechanisms, with impairments in one potentially exacerbating deficits in the other.

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    Therapeutic approaches targeting both SRP and empathy show preliminary evidence of improving emotional regulation and social functioning.

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Disrupted self-referential processing and empathy-based interventions in mental disorders: neural mechanisms, cognitive biases, and therapeutic integration

  • by Siqintu, Qinglin Bao, Dezhi Yang, Zhiheng Dong, Chula, Husile, Muxiyanle, Zhiyong Bao, Limei He, Wulan, Temuqile

  • July 6, 2026

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