Self-awareness without inner speech: a commentary on Morin.
Morin's identification of inner speech with self-awareness is problematic. Taylor's description of her experience before, during, and after her stroke and operation is also problematic; it is at times confusing and difficult to comprehend conceptually. Rather than being global, her deficits in self-awareness seem piecemeal. She describes self-awareness that exists independent of inner speech. I offer interpretations of her experience alternative to those of Morin and Taylor.
Mitchell
Robert W
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Department of Psychology, 127 Cammack Building, 521 Lancaster Avenue, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY 40475, USA. robert.mitchell@eku.edu
D000328:Adult; D000377:Agnosia / Q000523:psychology; D001364:Awareness; D003243:Consciousness; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis; D012649:Self Concept; D013060:Speech; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking