Event overview
In this Whitehead Series lecture, Professor Robin Morris (Institute of Psychiatry) discusses the critical self and awareness in people with dementia.
A prominent aspect of having dementia is the loss of awareness of function. The lecture relates this loss to disturbances of self-knowledge and the neurocognitive systems that support awareness.
It explores the notion of the formation of the critical self and how this provides a preserved sense of self in people with dementia but at the cost of loss of awareness. It also considers how awareness may continue to operate paradoxically at a pre-conscious level and how this influences the experience of people with dementia.
Short bio:
Robin Morris is Professor of Neuropsychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience as well as Head of the Clinical Neuropsychology Department at King’s College Hospital in London. He has worked at the Institute of Psychiatry for 27 years and combined research into patients with acquired brain disorder with working as a clinician. His research interests include the neuropsychology of awareness, executive functioning and memory. He is recipient of the British Psychological Society, Division of Neuropsychology, award for outstanding contribution to neuropsychology internationally.
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths, University of London
About the Whitehead Lecture Series
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Mar 2016 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
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