Self-consciousness, self-agency, and schizophrenia |
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Authors: | Kircher Tilo T J Leube Dirk T |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychiatry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. tilo.kircher@med.uni-tuebingen.de |
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Abstract: | Empirical approaches on topics such as consciousness, self-awareness, or introspective perspective, need a conceptual framework so that the emerging, still unconnected findings can be integrated and put into perspective. We introduce a model of self-consciousness derived from phenomenology, philosophy, the cognitive, and neurosciences. We will then give an overview of research data on one particular aspect of our model, self-agency, trying to link findings from cognitive psychology and neuroscience. Finally, we will expand on pathological aspects of self-agency, and in particular on psychosis in schizophrenia. We show, that a deficient self-monitoring system underlies, in part, hallucinations and formal thought (language) disorder in schizophrenia. We argue, that self-consciousness is a valid construct and can be studied with the instruments of cognitive and neuroscience. |
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Keywords: | Consciousness Self-consciousness Awareness Self– awareness Self-monitoring Action monitoring Schizophrenia Psychosis Hallucinations Thought disorder |
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