The construction of anosognosia: History and implications

Marková, Ivana S.; Berrios, German E.

Abstract

The construction of anosognosia as a clinical ‘disorder’ resulted from the convergence (in the work of various writers and culminating in Babinski) of a name, a concept, and a clinical phenomenon. During the early stages of this convergence, unawareness of neurological dysfunction was not considered as an independent clinical phenomenon. Started in the work of Anton, the process of separating it as a differentiable clinical state is completed by Babinski who reaffirmed the semiological independence of ‘unawareness’. The history of the construction of ‘anosognosia’ parallels the late 19th century debate on the nature and brain inscription of the concept of ‘consciousness’.

Citation

Marková, I. S., & Berrios, G. E. (2014). The construction of anosognosia: History and implications. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 61, 9-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.09.011

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 12, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Sep 30, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Deposit Date: Apr 25, 2019
• Journal: Cortex
• Print ISSN: 0010-9452
• Electronic ISSN: 1973-8102
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 61
• Pages: 9-17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2014.09.011
• Keywords: Anosognosia; Unawareness; Neurological dysfunction; Anton; Babinski; von Monakow; Insight; Neuropsychology
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1646903
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010945214003025
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