[Short public events memory evaluation: the EVE-10 battery contribution].

Abstract

Remote memory includes autobiographical memory and memory for public events and famous people. Amnesia for public events can be associated or not with deficits in autobiographical memory, and anterograde amnesia. It could extend on various periods of time and involve all or only parts of remote memory. We present a short version (EVE-10) of a previous 30-item scale (EVE-30), assessing memory for public events. Ten events which occurred from 1950 to 2001, were assessed by free recall, recognition, questions on details and research for flashbulb memories. The scale was administrated to 108 subjects aged from 20 to 79 years. Higher scores were observed in older subjects, men, and people with higher education. Flash bulb memories were found in 51,8% of subjects for the death of Lady Di and in 98,1% for the terrorist attack against the Twin Towers.