creators_name: Morin, Alain
type: journale
datestamp: 2004-09-03
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:55:40
metadata_visibility: show
title: Self-awareness review Part 2: Changing or escaping the self 
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
full_text_status: public
keywords: self-awareness, self-evaluation, escaping the self, changing the self, drug and alcohol abuse, self-destruction, tv watching, suicide, fame
abstract: When we become self-aware we see who we are and what we would like to be. What do we
do? Do we change who we are? Or do we escape self-awareness by watching TV—or worst,
by drinking alcohol, doing drugs, or committing suicide?
date: 2003-01
date_type: published
publication: Science & Consciousness Review
volume: 1
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Morin, Alain  (2003) Self-awareness review Part 2: Changing or escaping the self.  [Journal (On-line/Unpaginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/3789/1/Self-eval.pdf