{"id":116380,"date":"2020-11-27T10:23:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T18:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/brain-scans-confirm-theres-a-part-of-you-that-remains-you-throughout-your-life"},"modified":"2020-11-27T10:23:14","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T18:23:14","slug":"brain-scans-confirm-theres-a-part-of-you-that-remains-you-throughout-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/brain-scans-confirm-theres-a-part-of-you-that-remains-you-throughout-your-life","title":{"rendered":"Brain Scans Confirm There\u2019s a Part of You That Remains \u2018You\u2019 Throughout Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brain-scans-confirm-theres-a-part-of-you-that-remains-you-throughout-your-life.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the very core of your identity a kernel of self awareness combines memories of the past with the fleeting sensations of the present, and adds a touch of anticipation for the future.<\/p>\n<p>The question of whether this ongoing sense of \u2018you\u2019 is as robust as it feels has intrigued philosophers and psychologists throughout the ages. A new, small psychobiological study weighs in, looking at brain scans to conclude that at least some part of you is indeed consistent as you grow and age.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn our study, we tried to answer the question of whether we are the same person throughout our lives,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurekalert.org\/pub_releases\/2020-11\/ucdm-awt112520.php\">says<\/a> Miguel Rubianes, a neuroscientist from the Complutense University of Madrid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the very core of your identity a kernel of self awareness combines memories of the past with the fleeting sensations of the present, and adds a touch of anticipation for the future. The question of whether this ongoing sense of \u2018you\u2019 is as robust as it feels has intrigued philosophers and psychologists throughout the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116380\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}