Self-awareness deficits following loss of inner speech: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's case study.
In her 2006 book "My Stroke of Insight" Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor relates her experience of suffering from a left hemispheric stroke caused by a congenital arteriovenous malformation which led to a loss of inner speech. Her phenomenological account strongly suggests that this impairment produced a global self-awareness deficit as well as more specific dysfunctions related to corporeal awareness, sense of individuality, retrieval of autobiographical memories, and self-conscious emotions. These are examined in details and corroborated by numerous excerpts from Taylor's book.
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Department of Psychology, Mount Royal College, 4825 Mount Royal Gate S.W., Calgary, Alberta, Canada. amorin@mtroyal.ca
D000328:Adult; D000377:Agnosia / Q000523:psychology; D001364:Awareness; D001828:Body Image; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D011939:Mental Recall; D010469:Perceptual Distortion; D012649:Self Concept; D013060:Speech; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking