Consciousness and dementia: How the brain loses its self

The Neurology of Consciousness

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 204-216

  Pietrini, Pietro ^a   Salmon, Eric ^b   Nichelli, Paolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374168-4.00016-2     Document Type: Chapter

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