There Are Laterality Effects in Memory Functioning in Children/Adolescents With Focal Epilepsy

In a sample of individuals with childhood focal epilepsy, children/adolescents with left hemisphere foci outperformed those with right foci on both measures of nonverbal learning. Participants with left foci performed worse than controls on paired associate delayed recall and semantic memory, and th...

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Published in:Developmental neuropsychology 2014-11, Vol.39 (8), p.569-584
Main Authors: Kibby, Michelle Y., Cohen, Morris J., Lee, Sylvia E., Stanford, Lisa, Park, Yong D., Strickland, Suzanne M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Attention - physiology
Brain - pathology
Brain - physiopathology
Case-Control Studies
Child
Child development
Epilepsies, Partial - pathology
Epilepsies, Partial - physiopathology
Epilepsy
Female
Functional Laterality - physiology
Humans
Intelligence - physiology
Intelligence Tests
Learning
Male
Memory
Memory - physiology
Mental Recall - physiology
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Recall
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Summary:In a sample of individuals with childhood focal epilepsy, children/adolescents with left hemisphere foci outperformed those with right foci on both measures of nonverbal learning. Participants with left foci performed worse than controls on paired associate delayed recall and semantic memory, and they had greater laterality effects in IQ. Participants with right foci performed worse than controls on delayed facial recognition. Both groups displayed reduced focused attention and poor passage retention over time. Although participants with bilateral foci displayed poor learning and lower IQ than controls, they did not have worse impairment than those with a unilateral focus.
ISSN:8756-5641
1532-6942
DOI:10.1080/87565641.2014.962695