Self-awareness deficits following loss of inner speech: Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor's case study

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 524-529

  Morin, Alain ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Case study; Inner speech; Self awareness; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RECALL; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE;

ADULT; AGNOSIA; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MENTAL RECALL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH; STROKE; THINKING;

EID: 67349140973     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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