Identity as an editable neural narrative

The feeling of a unitary, continuous self is not a fixed property but a narrative the brain builds and revises using predictable neural processes (the 'inner voice', memory re‑weighing, and attentional framing). Understanding identity as a malleable, mechanistic product makes therapeutic change, persuasion, and policy interventions (e.g., in mental health or rehabilitation) more tractable and ethically fraught. — Framing identity as an engineered, editable process shifts responsibility and regulatory conversations about mental‑health treatment, persuasive technologies, and claims about authentic selfhood.