Cortex
Volume 47, Issue 2 , Pages 236-249 , February 2011

Impaired capacity for autonoetic reliving during autobiographical event recall in mild Alzheimer's disease

  • Muireann Irish

      Affiliations

    • Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, Hospital 4, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
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  • Brian A. Lawlor

      Affiliations

    • Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
    • ,
  • Shane M. O'Mara

      Affiliations

    • Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
    • ,
  • Robert F. Coen

      Affiliations

    • Mercer's Institute for Research on Ageing, St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Received 2 March 2009 ,Revised 16 July 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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