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Functionality, the capacity to make decisions and awareness in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease

Commentary on “Modelling the impact of functionality, cognition, and mood state on awareness in people with Alzheimer’s disease” by Fischer et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2022

Valentina Moro ,
Marina Gasparini  and
Giuseppe Gambina
Valentina Moro
Affiliation:
NPSY. Lab-VR, Dipartimento di Scienze Umane, Università di Verona, Verona, Italy Verona Memory Center, Centro Medico Specialistico (CEMS), Verona, Italy
Marina Gasparini
Affiliation:
Centro di Riabilitazione Cognitiva e del Linguaggio “Sinapsy”, Roma, Italy
Giuseppe Gambina
Affiliation:
Verona Memory Center, Centro Medico Specialistico (CEMS), Verona, Italy
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 35 , Special Issue 7: Issue Theme: Neurocognitive Disorders: Predictors, Mood, and Care , July 2023 , pp. 327 - 329
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