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

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Case Reports in Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1155/2012/313906

Authors: Akira Okada, Junko Matsuo

Institution: Kindai University

Language: English

Topic: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $790