?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Let's+face+it.+A+review+of+Keenan%2C+Gallup%2C+%26+Falk's+book+%22The+Face+in+the+Mirror%22&rft.creator=Morin%2C+Alain&rft.subject=Brain+Imaging&rft.subject=Primatology&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Animal+Behavior&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neuroanatomy&rft.description=Using+neuroimaging+experiments+and+neuropsychological+case+studies%2C+Keenan+mainly+examines+the+neural+basis+of+mirror+self-recognition+(MSR)+and+Theory+of+Mind+(TOM)%2C+and+proposes+that+self-awareness+is+dominantly+associated+with+areas+of+the+right+hemisphere.+I+believe+that+this+conclusion+is+both+inflated+and+premature.+MSR+is+only+superficially+related+to+genuine%2C+fully+mature+human+self-awareness.+Furthermore%2C+TOM+should+not+be+equated+with+self-awareness+because+some+forms+of+it+(e.g.%2C+self-rumination)+actually+interfere+with+thinking+about+others'+mental+states.+One+more+general+(and+serious)+problem+with+the+book+is+the+proposal+that+because+MSR+and+TOM+are+mainly+generated+by+right+hemispheric+activity%2C+then+it+follows+that+self-awareness+itself+is+associated+with+activity+of+the+same+hemisphere.+Recent+studies+on+autobiographical+memory+and+self-description+also+indicate+left+hemispheric+activity&rft.date=2003-09&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3145%2F1%2FReviewKeenan.pdf&rft.identifier=++Morin%2C+Alain++(2003)+Let's+face+it.+A+review+of+Keenan%2C+Gallup%2C+%26+Falk's+book+%22The+Face+in+the+Mirror%22.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3145%2F