A continued weakness in the cognitive neurosciences is the lack of a model to explain the phenomenological experience of the “self.” This article proposes a model that suggests that the right hemisphere association area integrates physical sensations and mental experiences into a unified experience (i.e., a “sense of self”) that is best conceptualized and understood as the subjective experience of “mineness.” This model presents a unifying framework for neurologic and psychiatric disorders of the self (i.e., dis-integrated sense of “mineness”), as well as a neuropsychological framework to explain several human characteristics and experiences. Research is reviewed that indicates the sense of self can be activated to serve as the neuropsychological foundation of “self-integrated” character traits such as empathy (i.e., experiencing other's thoughts/emotions as “mine”), and conversely, the inhibition of this integrative process which can serve as the foundation of “selfless” experiences such as transcendence and forgiveness. Future research and clinical applications are discussed.

认知神经科学的一个持续弱点是缺乏一个模型来解释“自我”的现象学经验。本文提出了一个模型，该模型表明右半球联想区将身体感觉和心理体验整合成一个统一的体验（即“自我意识”），最好将其概念化并理解为“我的”的主观体验。这个模型提出了一个统一的自我神经和精神障碍的框架（即“地雷”的解体感），以及一个解释几个人类特征和经历的神经心理学框架。研究表明，自我意识可以被激活，作为“自我整合”性格特征的神经心理学基础，例如同理心（即体验他人）的想法/情绪是“我的”），相反，这种整合过程的抑制可以作为“无私”体验的基础，例如超越和宽恕。讨论了未来的研究和临床应用。