title: Flashbulb memories of Paris attacks: Recall of these events and subjective reliving of these memories in a case with Alzheimer disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Flashbulb memories are detailed and vivid memories of attributes of the reception context of surprising and emotionally arousing public events.
  
  
  METHODS
  This paper offers a fine-grained view of flashbulb memories in a patient with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD).
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient underwent a directed interview about the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Unlike her memory about the date and month of the attacks, the patient provided accurate information about the year, time and places they occurred. The patient also provided accurate information about how she first became aware of the attacks, where she was, with whom, what she was doing, and what time it was when she learned about them. As for the affective characteristics of these memories, she tended to have high ratings of vividness and rehearsal. Negative emotional states and great surprise and novelty were also reported.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By assessing the impact of flashbulb memories in this patient with AD, this paper offers a unique view into how such memories may trigger a considerable recall of context as well much subjective reliving.
authors.affiliation: SCALab - Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, UMR 9193, CNRS, CHU Lille, University of Lille, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Mohamad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Haj
authors.forename: Marie-Charlotte
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gandolphe
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wawrziczny
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Antoine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D054527:Mass Casualty Incidents / Q000523:psychology*; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D062072:Patient Acuity; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors