Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in Amnesia
This study investigated autobiographical memory for emotionally flavoured experiences in amnesia. Ten amnesic patients and 10 matched control subjects completed the Autobiographical Memory Interview and three semi-structured interviews which assessed memory for personal events associated with pain,...
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1996-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1996-9202 |
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| author | Irene Daum Herta Flor Susann Brodbeck Niels Birbaumer |
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| description | This study investigated autobiographical memory for emotionally flavoured experiences in amnesia. Ten amnesic patients and 10 matched control subjects completed the Autobiographical Memory Interview and three semi-structured interviews which assessed memory for personal events associated with pain, happiness and fear. Despite retrograde amnesia for autobiographical facts and incidents, amnesics remembered a similar number of emotionally significant personal experiences as control subjects. Their recollections generally lacked elaboration and detail, but pain-related memories appeared to be more mildly impaired than memories associated with happiness and fear. The findings are discussed in relation to recent views on the relationship between affect and memory. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5ced50f62744466bf27d5e48ab71cb52025-08-20T01:14:14ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841996-01-0192576710.3233/BEN-1996-9202Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in AmnesiaIrene Daum0Herta Flor1Susann Brodbeck2Niels Birbaumer3Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyInstitute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyInstitute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyInstitute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyThis study investigated autobiographical memory for emotionally flavoured experiences in amnesia. Ten amnesic patients and 10 matched control subjects completed the Autobiographical Memory Interview and three semi-structured interviews which assessed memory for personal events associated with pain, happiness and fear. Despite retrograde amnesia for autobiographical facts and incidents, amnesics remembered a similar number of emotionally significant personal experiences as control subjects. Their recollections generally lacked elaboration and detail, but pain-related memories appeared to be more mildly impaired than memories associated with happiness and fear. The findings are discussed in relation to recent views on the relationship between affect and memory.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1996-9202 |
| spellingShingle | Irene Daum Herta Flor Susann Brodbeck Niels Birbaumer Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in Amnesia |
| title | Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in Amnesia |
| title_full | Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in Amnesia |
| title_fullStr | Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in Amnesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in Amnesia |
| title_short | Autobiographical Memory for Emotional Events in Amnesia |
| title_sort | autobiographical memory for emotional events in amnesia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1996-9202 |
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