Mediating Alzheimer's: cognition and personhood

Introduction: Alzheimer's and Media

Chapter 1. Origin Myths: History, Histology, and Representational Value

Chapter 2. New Media Pioneers: Neuroimaging a National Crisis

Chapter 3. Use It or Lose It: Affirming the Self, Defining the Person

Chapter 4. PET Scans and Polaroids: Anachronizing Personhood

Chapter 5. Dementia in the Museum: Modern Art as Public Care

Chapter 6. Dementia on the Canvas: Art, Therapy, and Creativity's Values

Chapter 7. Loved Ones: The Capacity for Representation, Recognition, and Care

Epilogue: "How to Not Forget"

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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