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14. Unified experience, disunified function

Even in pathological cases there is a certain resiliency of unified experience dispite disunified function.

  • Failure of certain body schematic functions linked to proprioception (in IW) are addressed by an enhanced body image. This allows for a reinvention of movement and a unified experience that is different from normal.

  • Gesture transcends limitations of motoric or sensory functions to enable communication and the accomplishment of thought (Note: ASL in cases of unilateral neglect -- Bellugi and Klima, 1997).

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