Discovered a region of the brain responsible for shaping the perception of physical self

Neurobiologists have discovered a small region in the brain that plays a key role in shaping our perception of the physical self. It is located between the two hemispheres of the brain, in the anterior cingulate cortex.

This region serves as the center of the brain's system that gathers and processes information about the body's position in space, movement, and sensations of muscles and joints.

To study the boundaries of this system, scientists used data from nearly 1000 individuals to map the neural connections in the brain. They were able to precisely determine where the sense of the physical body is formed.
Additionally, the researchers conducted experiments on several volunteers who were preparing for surgical treatment of drug-resistant epileptic seizures.

Thin needles were inserted to investigate which brain regions were active during the seizures. In one patient, the anterior cingulate cortex was precisely generating them, and during that time, the person experienced depersonalization.