Emotional Memory in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Report of Two Cases

Highly emotional events in daily life can be preserved in memory and such memory is generally referred to as emotional memory. Some reports have demonstrated that emotional memory is also found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, to our knowledge, there have been no reports about how...

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Main Authors: Akira Okada, Junko Matsuo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/313906
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description Highly emotional events in daily life can be preserved in memory and such memory is generally referred to as emotional memory. Some reports have demonstrated that emotional memory is also found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, to our knowledge, there have been no reports about how long memory retention for emotional events can continue in patients with AD. In this paper, we present two patients with AD who lost an immediate family member during followup and retained the memory over a long period despite progression of the AD.
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spelling doaj-art-a1d522a58b024af59e26d632e94eb5362025-08-20T03:38:35ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382012-01-01201210.1155/2012/313906313906Emotional Memory in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Report of Two CasesAkira Okada0Junko Matsuo1Department of Psychiatry, Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, 1248-1 Otodacho, Ikoma City 630-0293, JapanDepartment of Psychiatry, Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, 1248-1 Otodacho, Ikoma City 630-0293, JapanHighly emotional events in daily life can be preserved in memory and such memory is generally referred to as emotional memory. Some reports have demonstrated that emotional memory is also found in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, to our knowledge, there have been no reports about how long memory retention for emotional events can continue in patients with AD. In this paper, we present two patients with AD who lost an immediate family member during followup and retained the memory over a long period despite progression of the AD.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/313906
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title_full Emotional Memory in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Report of Two Cases
title_fullStr Emotional Memory in Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Report of Two Cases
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