This article explores the relationship between lack of awareness of neuropsychological
deficit, also termed anosognosia, and loss of self knowledge in Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

We sought to identify the cognitive tests that best discriminate between Alzheimer's disease
(AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). A comprehensive search of all studies examining …

Episodic autobiographical memory (ABM) comprises recollection for events that are
grounded within a specific spatiotemporal context, and usually accompanied by perceptual …

Engaging in metacognition (evaluating, controlling, and representing cognitive states) is
paramount for efficient behaviour. In this Review, we examine different types of cognitive …

Alois Alzheimer's first publication describes his patient's inability to be aware of her
condition. One hundred years later, whether or not Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients show …

Loss of insight is one of the core features of frontal/behavioural variant frontotemporal
dementia (FTD). FTD shares many clinical and pathological features with corticobasal …

The ability to reflect on and monitor memory processes is one of the most investigated
metamemory functions, and one of the important ways consciousnesses interacts with …

The current review integrates recent findings regarding the construct of self-awareness in
dementia from both clinical and cognitive perspectives. We present the predominant …

Converging evidence suggests that when individuals are left to think to themselves, a so-
called default network of the brain is engaged, allowing the individual to daydream, reflect …

Objective: Impaired self-awareness is characteristic of nearly all dementias, including
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the deficit is most severe in the behavioral variant of …