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Déjà vu and involuntary autobiographical memories as two distinct cases of familiarity in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2023

Joanna Gautier ,
Samuel Bulteau ,
Guillaume Chapelet  and
Mohamad El Haj Open the ORCID record for Mohamad El Haj [Opens in a new window]
Joanna Gautier
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de psychologie des Pays de la Loire, LPPL, Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Nantes, France Joanna.gautier@univ-nantes.fr mohamad.elhaj@univ-nantes.fr
Samuel Bulteau
Affiliation:
Clinical Investigation Unit 18, Department of Addictology and Psychiatry, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France samuel.bulteau@chu-nantes.fr MethodS in Patients-Centered Outcomes and HEalth Research (SPHERE), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Nantes Université, Nantes, France
Guillaume Chapelet
Affiliation:
Clinical Gerontology Department, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France guillaume.chapelet@chu-nantes.fr Université de Nantes, Inserm, TENS, The Enteric Nervous System in Gut and Brain Diseases, IMAD, Nantes, France
Mohamad El Haj
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de psychologie des Pays de la Loire, LPPL, Nantes Université, Univ Angers, Nantes, France Joanna.gautier@univ-nantes.fr mohamad.elhaj@univ-nantes.fr Clinical Gerontology Department, CHU Nantes, Nantes, France guillaume.chapelet@chu-nantes.fr Institut Universitaire de France, Paris, France
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Abstract

The continuum between involuntary autobiographical memories and déjà vu, as proposed by Barzykowski and Moulin, can be better defined by considering research on autobiographical retrieval in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Although autobiographical retrieval in patients with Alzheimer's disease can generally be associated with a sense of familiarity, involuntary retrieval can trigger an autonoetic experience of retrieval in these patients.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e363
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