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Review
. 2003 Apr;13(2):219-24.
doi: 10.1016/s0959-4388(03)00043-6.

Self-awareness and action

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Self-awareness and action

Sarah Jayne Blakemore et al. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2003 Apr.

Abstract

In this review we discuss how we are aware that actions are self-generated. We review behavioural data that suggest that a prediction of the sensory consequences of movement might be used to label actions and their consequences as self-generated. We also describe recent functional neuroimaging experiments and studies of neurological and psychiatric patients, which suggest that the parietal cortex plays a crucial role in the awareness of action.

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