Ignoring, for the moment, the deeper metaphorical question of how many of us are any given brain failure, does anyone know whether anosognosics actually think that they’re using their paralyzed arm? Because I have a very strong sense of using my arms, and I suspect from the earlier description that anosognosics deny their arm being paralyzed, but wouldn’t claim that they are actually typing with two hands, for example. Anybody know more on that?
Clearly, they don’t think they use their arm—until someone points out to them that only people with paralyzed arms don’t use them, at which point they fabricate the relevant memories.
Ignoring, for the moment, the deeper metaphorical question of how many of us are any given brain failure, does anyone know whether anosognosics actually think that they’re using their paralyzed arm? Because I have a very strong sense of using my arms, and I suspect from the earlier description that anosognosics deny their arm being paralyzed, but wouldn’t claim that they are actually typing with two hands, for example. Anybody know more on that?
Clearly, they don’t think they use their arm—until someone points out to them that only people with paralyzed arms don’t use them, at which point they fabricate the relevant memories.
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