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Enhancement of Declarative Memory by Emotional Arousal and Visual Memory Function in Alzheimer's Disease

Received September 24, 2001; accepted December 4, 2001. From the Institute for Aging Brain and Cognitive Disorders, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center at Himeji, Hyogo, Japan (H.K., E.M., M.H., N.H.); the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan (H.K.); and the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan (N.H.). Address correspondence to Dr. Kazui, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, D3-2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. E-mail: kazui{at}psy.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

The specific effects of visual and verbal memory on the ability of emotional arousal to enhance declarative memory were examined by using multiple linear regression analysis on data from a sample of 56 patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). The enhancing effect of emotion on memory was evaluated by an illustrated story paradigm, and the visual and verbal memory by a standard memory test. In AD, memory enhancement by emotion was significantly correlated with visual memory but not with verbal memory, regardless of age, sex, educational attainment, and severity of dementia, suggesting a close association between memory enhancement by emotion and visual memory.

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