Anosognosia in mild Alzheimer's disease is correlated with not only neural dysfunction but also compensation

ConclusionsOur results suggest that anosognosia in mild AD could be correlated with compensation as well as neural dysfunction. We speculate that this compensation may be related to the retrieval of outdated autobiographical memory.

Source: Psychogeriatrics - February 6, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Kenji Tagai, Shunichiro Shinagawa, Hidehiro Kada, Keisuke Inamura, Tomoyuki Nagata, Kazuhiko Nakayama Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research