Budson Andrew E, Simons Jon S, Sullivan Alison L, Beier Jonathan S, Solomon Paul R, Scinto Leonard F, Daffner Kirk R, Schacter Daniel L
Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Neuropsychology. 2004 Apr;18(2):315-27. doi: 10.1037/0894-4105.18.2.315.
National traumatic events can produce extremely vivid memories. Using a questionnaire administered during telephone interviews, the authors investigated emotional responses to, and memory for. the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and healthy older adults in the initial weeks following the event and again 3-4 months later. There were several notable findings. First, patients with AD showed less memory than patients with MCI and older adults. Second, patients with AD, but not patients with MCI or older adults, appeared to retain more memory for personal versus factual information. Third, patients with AD and older adults did not differ in the intensity of their reported emotional responses to the attacks, whereas patients with MCI reported relatively less intense emotional responses. Last, distortions of memory for personal information were frequent for all participants but were more common in patients with AD.
全国性创伤事件会产生极其生动的记忆。作者通过在电话访谈中使用问卷，调查了阿尔茨海默病（AD）患者、轻度认知障碍（MCI）患者以及健康老年人在2001年9月11日恐怖袭击事件发生后的最初几周以及3至4个月后对该事件的情绪反应和记忆情况。有几个值得注意的发现。首先，AD患者的记忆比MCI患者和老年人少。其次，AD患者而非MCI患者或老年人似乎对个人信息比对事实信息保留了更多记忆。第三，AD患者和老年人对袭击事件报告的情绪反应强度没有差异，而MCI患者报告的情绪反应相对较弱。最后，所有参与者对个人信息的记忆扭曲都很常见，但在AD患者中更为普遍。
