We review neuroimaging research investigating self-referential processing (SRP), that is, how we respond to stimuli that reference ourselves, prefaced by a lexical-thematic analysis of words indicative of "self-feelings". We consider SRP as occurring verbally (V-SRP) and non-verbally (NV-SRP), both in the controlled, "top-down" form of introspective and interoceptive tasks, respectively, as well as in the "bottom-up" spontaneous or automatic form of "mind wandering" and "body wandering" that occurs during resting state. Our review leads us to outline a conceptual and methodological framework for future SRP research that we briefly apply toward understanding certain psychological and neurological disorders symptomatically associated with abnormal SRP. Our discussion is partly guided by William James' original writings on the consciousness of self.

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神经影像自我意识：回顾和概念方法学框架。

我们回顾了研究自我参考处理（SRP）的神经影像学研究，也就是说，我们如何回应参考自己的刺激，并以词法主题分析对表示“自我感觉”的单词进行了开头。我们认为SRP以口头（V-SRP）和非口头（NV-SRP）的形式出现，分别以自省和接受感觉任务的受控，“自上而下”形式出现，也以“自下而上”的形式出现在休息状态下发生的自发或自动形式的“思维游荡”和“身体游荡”。我们的综述使我们为将来的SRP研究概述了一个概念和方法框架，我们将其简要地用于理解某些与SRP异常症状相关的心理和神经疾病。