Aspects of the unity of consciousness and everyday memory failures.
Consciousness and Cognition June 1, 2006 Rocco J. Gennaro, Douglas J Herrmann, Michael Sarapata
We argue that analyzing everyday memory failures in terms of the "unity of consciousness" can elucidate the bases of such failures. A perfect unity amongst one's mental states is rare. In extreme cases the unity of consciousness can breakdown in dramatic fashion (e.g., in Dissociative Identity Disorder), but such breakdowns also occur in less dramatic ways that affect us in everyday life. For...