?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Right+hemispheric+self-awareness%3A+A+critical+assessment&rft.creator=Morin%2C+Alain&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Brain+Imaging&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuroanatomy&rft.description=In+this+commentaryI+evaluate+the+claim+made+byKeenan%2C+Nelson%2C+OConnor%2C+and%0APascual-Leone+(2001)+that+since+self-recognition+results+from+right+hemispheric+activity%2C%0Aself-awareness+too+is+likely+to+be+produced+by+the+activity+of+the+same+hemisphere.%0AThis+reasoning+is+based+on+the+assumption+that+self-recognition+represents+a%0Avalid+operationalization+of+self-awareness%3B+I+present+two+views+that+challenge+this%0Arationale.+Keenan+et+al.+also+support+their+claim+with+published+evidence+relating%0Abrain+activityand+self-awareness%3B+I+closely+examine+their+analysis+of+one+speci%EF%AC%81c%0Areview+of+literature+and+conclude+that+it+appears+to+be+biased.+Finally%2C+recent+research%0Asuggests+that+inner+speech+(which+is+associated+with+left+hemispheric+activity)+is%0Alinked+to+self-awareness%E2%80%94an+observation+that+further+casts+doubt+on+the+existence+of%0Aa+right+hemispheric+self-awareness.&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3790%2F1%2FRHSA.pdf&rft.identifier=++Morin%2C+Alain++(2002)+Right+hemispheric+self-awareness%3A+A+critical+assessment.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3790%2F