Watching The Brain Switch Off "self"

... Everybody has experienced a sense of "losing oneself" in an activity--whether a movie, sport, sex, or meditation. Now, researchers have caught the brain in the act of losing "self" as it shuts down introspection during a demanding sensory task. The researchers--led by Rafael Malach and Ilan Goldberg of the Weizmann Institute of Science reporting in the April 2006, issue of Neuron--say their findings show that self-related function actually shuts down during such intense sensory tasks... click link for more info. ...