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Psychological scales in the brain: Trait-linked questionnaire items evoke similar neural patterns in the mPFC
Keise Izuma, Ayahito Ito, Kazuki Yoshida, Ryuta Aoki
The paper shows that questionnaire items measuring the same psychological trait evoke similar neural patterns in the mPFC during self-referential tasks, suggesting the brain represents psychological constructs rather than just language.