Background The ability to create and maintain an ongoing life narrative is a key characteristic of what makes us human; however, people with dementia lose this ability in the course of the disease. If the notion of having a self is intimately linked with being able to create and maintain a life narrative and if people with dementia tend to lose this ability, what kind of self do people with dementia still possess? Objective and methods Recent theories developed in psychology and philosophy suggest that at least two notions of the self have to be distinguished: the experiencing self and the remembering self. This distinction is applied to people with dementia. Results While the remembering self is impaired in people with dementia, their...
The decline in autobiographical memory function in people with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) has been ar...
It is argued that the way in which we view a person with dementia can have a significant effect on t...
As older people begin to develop dementia, we confront ethical questions about when and how t...
Background The ability to create and maintain an ongoing life narrative is a key characteristic of ...
What is the impact of dementia on your sense of self? This is a complex question given the various d...
The self is a complex and multidimensional construct with both explicit and implicit manifestations....
Over 46 million people live with dementia globally, a number expected to triple by 2050 (Mukadam et ...
Abstract: This paper develops a phenomenological analysis of the disturbances of self-experience in ...
As humans, we have a sense of self, and at best, we are proud of our abilities and feel respected by...
Loss of self is widely regarded to be a consequence of dementia, and this perceived loss presents a ...
Loss of self is widely regarded to be a consequence of dementia, and this perceived loss presents a ...
My interest in studying neurodegenerative models of illness lies primarily in the need to define hu...
Loss of personal identity in dementia can raise a number of ethical considerations, including the ap...
It is argued that the way in which we view a person with dementia can have a significant effect on t...
The decline in autobiographical memory function in people with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) has been ar...
The decline in autobiographical memory function in people with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) has been ar...
It is argued that the way in which we view a person with dementia can have a significant effect on t...
As older people begin to develop dementia, we confront ethical questions about when and how t...
Background The ability to create and maintain an ongoing life narrative is a key characteristic of ...
What is the impact of dementia on your sense of self? This is a complex question given the various d...
The self is a complex and multidimensional construct with both explicit and implicit manifestations....
Over 46 million people live with dementia globally, a number expected to triple by 2050 (Mukadam et ...
Abstract: This paper develops a phenomenological analysis of the disturbances of self-experience in ...
As humans, we have a sense of self, and at best, we are proud of our abilities and feel respected by...
Loss of self is widely regarded to be a consequence of dementia, and this perceived loss presents a ...
Loss of self is widely regarded to be a consequence of dementia, and this perceived loss presents a ...
My interest in studying neurodegenerative models of illness lies primarily in the need to define hu...
Loss of personal identity in dementia can raise a number of ethical considerations, including the ap...
It is argued that the way in which we view a person with dementia can have a significant effect on t...
The decline in autobiographical memory function in people with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) has been ar...
The decline in autobiographical memory function in people with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) has been ar...
It is argued that the way in which we view a person with dementia can have a significant effect on t...
As older people begin to develop dementia, we confront ethical questions about when and how t...