Abstract
Mirror self-experience is re-casted away from the cognitivist interpretation that has dominated discussions on the issue since the establishment of the mirror mark test. Ideas formulated by Merleau-Ponty on mirror self-experience point to the profoundly unsettling encounter with one's specular double. These ideas, together with developmental evidence are re-visited to provide a new, psychologically and phenomenologically more valid account of mirror self-experience: an experience associated with deep wariness.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Consciousness and Cognition |
| Volume | 20 |
| Pages (from-to) | 204-213 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISSN | 1053-8100 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2011 |