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Summary
English: Group differences in resting-state regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF).

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098795.t002 From journal http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0098795 - These findings are at odds with the idea that DID involves fantasy proneness and actual fantasizing.

From journal - Discussion: "This is the first fMRI perfusion study measuring brain perfusion following rest instructions in DID patients. As hypothesized, we found differences between DID patients and DID simulating actors, as well as between two different prototypes of dissociative parts of the personality (ANP and EP) in DID patients. The follow-up study demonstrated different perfusion patterns for DID and controls who did not simulate ANP and EP." "The study adds to the evidence from supraliminal and subliminal neuroimaging studies of ANP and EP in DID [14], [15], [16], [21], [22] that suggestion, role-playing, and fantasy proneness do not explain the disorder. Our results also show that dissociative parts of the personality do not particularly activate brain structures associated with imagination. The findings are consistent with clinical observations of DID patients and with TSDP, but inconsistent with the sociocognitive model of DID." Date 	12 June 2014 Source 	http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0098795 Author 	Schlumpf YR, Reinders AATS, Nijenhuis ERS, Luechinger R, van Osch MJP, et al. (2014) Dissociative Part-Dependent Resting-State Activity in Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Controlled fMRI Perfusion Study. PLoS ONE 9(6): e98795. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098795