University of Salamanca, Department of Psychology, Spain.
Aging Clin Exp Res. 2012 Jun;24(3):227-32. doi: 10.3275/7874. Epub 2011 Jul 21.
Autobiographic memory undergoes progressive deterioration during the evolution of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of this study was to analyze mechanisms which facilitate recovery of autobiographic memories. We used a repeatedly employed mechanism, music, with the addition of an emotional factor.
Autobiographic memory provoked by a variety of sounds (music which was happy, sad, lacking emotion, ambient noise in a coffee bar and no sound) was analyzed in a sample of 25 patients with AD.
Emotional music, especially sad music for remote memories, was found to be the most effective kind for recall of autobiographic experiences.
The factor evoking the memory is not the music itself, but rather the emotion associated with it, and is useful for semantic rather than episodic memory.
阿尔茨海默病（AD）的发展过程中，自传体记忆会逐渐恶化。本研究旨在分析有助于恢复自传体记忆的机制。我们使用了一种反复使用的机制，即音乐，并加入了情感因素。
我们分析了 25 例 AD 患者对各种声音（快乐、悲伤、无情感的音乐，咖啡店内的环境噪声以及无声）所引发的自传体记忆。
发现情绪音乐，尤其是悲伤的音乐，对遥远的记忆最有效，可以唤起自传体经历的回忆。
唤起记忆的因素不是音乐本身，而是与之相关的情感，并且对语义记忆而不是情景记忆有用。
