Acute effect of anterior temporal lobectomy on musical processing

Patients with intractable epilepsy treated by anterior temporal lobectomy (Right, RT, n=12; Left, LT, n=9) and healthy controls ( n=12) with no musical training were prospectively evaluated with a standardized battery, including the Musical Aptitude Profile and the Seashore Tonal Memory test. Before...

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Published in:Neuropsychologia 1991, Vol.29 (7), p.703-708
Main Authors: Kester, D.Brian, Saykin, Andrew J., Sperling, Michael R., O'Connor, Michael J., Robinson, Lindsey J., Gur, Ruben C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Auditory Perception - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - physiopathology
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe - surgery
Functional Laterality - physiology
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Medical sciences
Music
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Temporal Lobe - physiology
Temporal Lobe - surgery
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Summary:Patients with intractable epilepsy treated by anterior temporal lobectomy (Right, RT, n=12; Left, LT, n=9) and healthy controls ( n=12) with no musical training were prospectively evaluated with a standardized battery, including the Musical Aptitude Profile and the Seashore Tonal Memory test. Before surgery, patients performed below controls ( P
ISSN:0028-3932
1873-3514
DOI:10.1016/0028-3932(91)90104-G