Anosognosia and the Two-factor Theory of Delusions

  1. Martin Davies,
  2. Anne Aimola Davies,
  3. Max Coltheart

Article first published online: 24 MAR 2005

DOI: 10.1111/j.0268-1064.2005.00283.x

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Mind & Language

Mind & Language

Volume 20, Issue 2, pages 209–236, April 2005

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Davies, M., Davies, A. A. and Coltheart, M. (2005), Anosognosia and the Two-factor Theory of Delusions. Mind & Language, 20: 209–236. doi: 10.1111/j.0268-1064.2005.00283.x

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*Martin Davies, Philosophy Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia. Email: martin.davies@anu.edu.au.

  1. We are grateful to Tim Bayne, Andy Egan and Tony Stone for comments and conversations and to two anonymous referees for their suggestions.

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  1. Issue published online: 24 MAR 2005
  2. Article first published online: 24 MAR 2005

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Abstract:  Anosognosia (denial of impairment), and especially anosognosia for hemiplegia, seems to involve a belief that counts as a delusion by the usual definitions. Existing theories of anosognosia for hemiplegia appeal to impaired feedback from the paralysed side of the body and to cognitive impairments. We show how cases of anosognosia for hemiplegia can be brought within the scope of a generic two-factor theory about the aetiology of monothematic delusions of neuropsychological origin.

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