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Abstract
We suggest that the Self Attention Network (SAN) maybe part of a larger self-regulatory system, which we term the Self-Relevance System (SRS) of which the “core” or default network is a major part. It is within the core network that memories are generated and the future imagined. Such memories and imaginings are the basis of preoccupations. Within the SRS then preoccupations drive the emergence of attentional biases (ABs). ABs in turn are modulated by the SAN activating and inhibiting circuits that shape behavior. We consider briefly how this might function in dysfunctional appetitive behaviors, e.g., substance abuse.
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Conway was supported by a Wellcome Trust Large Arts Award [102010/Z/13/Z], EMP was supported by a Leverhulme Trust [grant RPG-2013-004] and by an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Material Command, USAF, [grant FA 8655-13-1-3044], and Turk by a European Research Council Starting Grant [grant number 202893]. We thank all three organizations for their support.