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Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports 3/2017

01-03-2017 | Dementia (KS Marder, Section Editor)

Integrating the Constructs of Anosognosia and Metacognition: a Review of Recent Findings in Dementia

Authors: Preeti Sunderaraman, Stephanie Cosentino

Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports | Issue 3/2017

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Abstract

The current review integrates recent findings regarding the construct of self-awareness in dementia from both clinical and cognitive perspectives. We present the predominant theoretical models of awareness and summarize both traditional and emerging approaches to assessing awareness from clinical and meta-cognitive perspectives. In this review, we focus primarily on findings from recent studies in anosognosia and meta-cognition in the context of neurodegenerative disease with special emphasis on Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia. Emerging trends in the study of awareness, including examination of the longitudinal course of anosognosia, and investigation of the neural substrates underlying meta-cognitive abilities are addressed. Finally, the practical importance of studying and assessing awareness from both theoretical and clinical angles is emphasized.
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Metadata
Title
Integrating the Constructs of Anosognosia and Metacognition: a Review of Recent Findings in Dementia
Authors
Preeti Sunderaraman
Stephanie Cosentino
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1528-4042
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6293
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-017-0734-1

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