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1a Department of Philosophy , Pedagogy and Psychology, University of Verona , Verona , Italy http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2013.853656.
Cognitive Neuroscience
|November 21, 2013
Summary
Emergent awareness, a verbal acknowledgment of deficits during action attempts, may bridge implicit and explicit awareness in neurological conditions. This bridges the gap in understanding self-awareness integration.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Science
- Neurology
Background:
- Dissociation between implicit and explicit awareness is observed in neurological diseases.
- The integration mechanism for a unified self-experience remains poorly understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose and discuss emergent awareness as a potential link between implicit and explicit awareness.
- To explore how verbal acknowledgment of deficits during action attempts might integrate awareness components.
Main Methods:
- This study is primarily theoretical, proposing a hypothesis for discussion.
- It involves conceptual analysis of existing findings on awareness and neurological deficits.
Main Results:
- The hypothesis posits emergent awareness as a bridge between implicit and explicit awareness.
- This emergent form arises from the attempt to act and subsequent verbalization of deficits.
Conclusions:
- Emergent awareness offers a novel framework for understanding self-awareness integration in neurological contexts.
- Further research is needed to empirically validate this proposed link.
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