Dementia and the boundary between conscious and nonconscious awareness
- Author(s): Daniel Collerton
- Source: New Horizons in the Neuroscience of Consciousness , pp 179-186
- Publication Date October 2010
Dementing illnesses massively damage the structures and processes thought to underlie consciousness. However, maintained alertness, preserved awareness, and the appearance of hallucinations in people with dementia all suggest that consciousness survives extreme challenge; implying that conscious processes are extremely robust, and conscious content invariably present.
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