Alzheimer's disease and impairment of the Self

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 969-976

  Fargeau, M N ^a   Jaafari, N ^a   Ragot, S ^a   Houeto, J L ^a   Pluchon, C ^a   Gil, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Insight; Material Self; Self impairment; Social Self; Spiritual Self; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIRITUALITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78149499457     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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