Emotional memory in normal elderly
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-8925.2015.10.016
- VernacularTitle:老年人情绪记忆研究
- Author:
Xiangyang TANG
1
;
Liangjin YUAN
;
Kai WANG
Author Information
1. 安徽医科大学附属安庆医院神经内科
- Keywords:
Elderly adult;
Emotional memory;
Neuropsychological test
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neuromedicine
2015;14(10):1051-1054
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the influence of emotional in memory in normally aging adults.Methods A neuropsychological battery was set to measure the education-matched 48 young, 48 middle-aged and 48 normally aging adults who were given picture tasks.Results As compared with the young adults (positive stimuli: [66.77±9.59]％, neutral one: [60.65±9.31]％ and negative one: [74.77± 12.40]％) and middle-aged controls (positive stimuli: [67.98± 10.73], neutral one: [61.63 ±7.20]％ and negative one: [71.81± 11.29]％), significant differences were noted in the images recognition in the elderly adults (positive stimuli: [62.04±10.41]％, neutral one: [49.58±8.25]％ and negative one: [55.67±11.08)％, P＜0.05);the elderly adults showed significant difference in remembering positive stimuli, neutral one and negative one (P＜0.05).Reaction times in positive stimuli, neutral one and negative one in elderly adults were significantly different as compared with those in the young and middle-aged controls (P＜0.05);the elderly adults showed significant difference in reaction times of positive stimuli, neutral one and negative one (P＜0.05).However, there was no significant difference in their rating of valence of the images and arousal of the images(P＞0.05).Conclusion Age-related changes exists in emotional memory, which indicates that age-related changes in these brain systems may have different neuromechanisms.
