Implicit and Explicit Emotional Memory for Melodies in Alzheimer's Disease and Depression

N. Quoniam
A. M. Ergis
P. Fossati
I. Peretz
S. Samson
M. Sarazin
J. F. Allilaire

Abstract

The present study investigates the impact of emotional deficits on implicit and explicit memory for musical stimuli in patients with Alzheimer's disease and elderly depressed patients. Results showed that unlike Alzheimer's patients, depressed patients were unable to develop a positive affective bias of judgment for previously heard melodies.