Laboratoire de Psychologie, EA 2646, Université d'Angers, France.
Conscious Cogn. 2012 Mar;21(1):238-46. doi: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.12.005. Epub 2012 Jan 20.
The main objective of this paper was to examine the involuntary nature of music-evoked autobiographical memories. For this purpose, young adults, older adults, and patients with a clinical diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) were asked to remember autobiographical events in two conditions: after being exposed to their own chosen music, and in silence. Compared to memories evoked in silence, memories evoked in the "Music" condition were found to be more specific, accompanied by more emotional content and impact on mood, and retrieved faster. In addition, these memories engaged less executive processes. Thus, with all these characteristics and the fact that they are activated by a perceptual cue (i.e., music), music-evoked autobiographic memories have all the features to be considered as involuntary memories. Our paper reveals several characteristics of music-evoked autobiographical memories in AD patients and offers a theoretical background for this phenomenon.
本文的主要目的是探讨音乐诱发自传体记忆的非自愿性质。为此，要求年轻成年人、老年人和临床诊断为可能的阿尔茨海默病（AD）的患者在两种条件下回忆自传体事件：在暴露于自己选择的音乐后和在安静中。与在安静中诱发的记忆相比，在“音乐”条件下诱发的记忆更具体，伴随着更多的情感内容和对情绪的影响，并且检索速度更快。此外，这些记忆涉及的执行过程较少。因此，所有这些特征以及它们是由感知线索（即音乐）激活的事实表明，音乐诱发的自传体记忆具有被视为非自愿记忆的所有特征。我们的论文揭示了 AD 患者中音乐诱发自传体记忆的几个特征，并为这一现象提供了理论背景。
