Tag: Stephen Post on dementia

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
July 10, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind

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Featured, Michael Egnor, Paradoxical lucidity, Stephen Post on dementia, Terminal lucidity}

Does Dementia Show That the Mind Is Simply What the Brain Does?

_{People with dementia have severe memory issues, along with motor, perception and emotional disabilities, and that curtails their powers of reason} _{Denyse O'Leary
July 10, 2025

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Neuroscience, Philosophy of Mind}

But, while the mind generally depends on a healthy brain, sometimes lucidity can come surging back to a demented person briefly and unexpectedly.

A Status Report From the War on Late Life Dementia

_{Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, researchers believe} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 5, 2024

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Medicine and Health, Philosophy of Mind}

Increasing longevity and widespread early diagnosis will mean that delaying the progress of the disease becomes very important over the next few decades.

Dementia: New insights in caring for deeply forgetful people

_{Dr. Stephen Post, an expert in memory disorders, talks to neurosurgeon Michael Egnor about when and how people suddenly remember again} _{News
August 4, 2024

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Dr. Post considers it implausible that “rementia,” the sudden, brief return of a personal identity, can be explained purely in material brain terms.