Using memories to understand others: The role of episodic memory in theory of mind impairment in alzheimer disease

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 833-839

  Moreau, Noémie ^a,b   Viallet, François ^a,b   Champagne Lavau, Maud ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DU PAYS D AIX   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Episodic memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Self projection; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN REGION; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; KNOWLEDGE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROANATOMY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; THINKING;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EPISODIC MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SELF-PROJECTION; THEORY OF MIND;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NERVE NET; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84880945239     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2013.06.005     Document Type: Review

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