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12. Embodiment: Transparency and the Unity of Experience

Embodied experience tends to unify itself in movement, action, and communicative behavior.

E.g., body percept and body schema normally function in a seamless way in contextualized behavior.

 We move and communicate in ways that "silently" subserve intentional action.

Part of what allows for this unified sense of experience is the fact that the body operates in a transparent fashion. When the body breaks down (in illness, fatigue, etc.), transparency is lost and experience is less unified.

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