Intact enhancement of declarative memory for emotional material in amnesia.
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Emotional arousal has been demonstrated to enhance declarative memory (conscious recollection) in humans in both naturalistic and experimental studies. Here, we examined this effect in amnesia. Amnesic patients and controls viewed a slide presentation while listening to an accompanying emotionally arousing story. In both groups, recognition memory was enhanced for the emotionally arousing story elements. The magnitude of the enhancement was proportional for both amnesic patients and controls. Emotional reactions to the story were also equivalent. The results suggest that the enhancement of declarative memory associated with emotional arousal is intact in amnesia. Together with findings from patients with bilateral amygdala lesions, the results indicate that the amygdala is responsible for the enhancement effect.
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Amnesic patients with varying lesion types showed mild to moderate verbal recall deficits but still enhanced recall of emotional versions of the Cahill story.
“Hamann et al. (1997) showed that a group of amnesic patients with varying lesion types presented mild to moderate memory deficits on measures of verbal recall, but still showed enhanced recall of emotional versions of the Cahill story task.”
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- Authors
- Hamann, S. B., Cahill, L., McGaugh, J. L., & Squire, L. R.
- Affiliations
- University of California System (US)
- ORCID
- Squire, L R
- Venue
- Learning & Memory
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Published
- 1997
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 301-309
- ISSN
- 1072-0502 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-5485
- OpenAlex
- W2104802716
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 34
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- Type
- posted content
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Learning & Memory (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Emory University
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH24600)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Keywords
- amnesia, emotional arousal, declarative memory, recognition memory, emotional enhancement of memory, amygdala, amygdala lesions, emotional memory
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alcohol Amnestic Disorder, Amnesia, Arousal, Attention, Emotions, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Memory, Middle Aged, Photic Stimulation, Retention, Psychology, Speech
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