Dorthe Berntsen

Professor in the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark

Dorthe Berntsen is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences at Aarhus University in Denmark. She is director of the Center on Autobiographical Memory Research.

Written by Dorthe Berntsen

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Earlier memories are relatively spared in dementia. Why?

People with Alzheimer’s have richer memories of late childhood and early adulthood and this could help therapeutic care

by Dorthe Berntsen