Figure 2. From cognitive map to the narrative-self in the core network.

A. Cognitive operations from cognitive map to the narrative-self. Self-agency and self-ownership mediate in between the cognitive maps and the narrative-self. These operations are contained within mental orientation, which relates the internal representation of the self to the external world. Both are included in the operation of constructive episodic simulation. B. From allocentric representation to the self in the core network. The flow from allocentric representation through agency and ownership to egocentric representation and the self is shown, in parallel to the corresponding regions in the “core network” of brain activity for episodic simulation (medial temporal lobe, posterior cingulate/retrosplenial cortex, lateral parietal and temporal cortex, and medial prefrontal cortex, respectively).