Fascinating science to share: a study showed that Alzheimer's patients remember emotions even after they have forgotten what triggered them.
In a behavioral study, patients with Alzheimer's disease were invited to watch either sad or happy movies. The movies triggered expected emotions - sorrow and tears for the sad films, and laughter for the happy films. Even though the patients retained less information about the films than the healthy individuals, they still reported sadness and happiness in accordance with the type of film.
The study noted: Quite strikingly, the less the patients remembered about the films, the longer their sadness lasted. While sadness tended to last a little longer than happiness, both emotions far outlasted the memory of the films. The fact that forgotten events can continue to exert a profound influence on a patient's emotional life highlights the need for caregivers to avoid causing negative feelings and to try to induce positive feelings.
Indeed.
Perhaps this is a lesson for all of us to treat one another with a little more kindness.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ― Maya Angelou
Hold my paw, Mom.
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