Journal article
Cerebrally Lateralized Epileptogenic Foci and Performance on a Verbal and Visual-Graphic Learning Task
Perceptual and motor skills, Vol.56(3), pp.991-1001
06/1983
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1983.56.3.991
PMID: 6410353
Abstract
A set of verbal and visual-graphic learning tasks sensitive to differential cerebral hemisphere impairment was administered to 50 patients with epileptogenic focus localized in either the left or right cerebral hemisphere. Patients with left-hemisphere seizure-foci and those with generalized seizures performed the verbal task significantly more poorly than did patients with right-hemisphere epileptogenic foci. In contrast, there were no significant differences between groups on the non-verbal tasks. Results are discussed in light of findings in the literature relating cognitive dysfunction to epilepsy and with regard to the possible contribution of such dysfunction to patients' complaints.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cerebrally Lateralized Epileptogenic Foci and Performance on a Verbal and Visual-Graphic Learning Task
- Creators
- Stanley Berent - Ann Arbor Veterans Administration, Medical CenterBruno Giordani - University of MichiganJ. Chris Sackellares - University of MichiganDaniel O'Leary - North Chicago Medical SchoolThomas J Boll - University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Perceptual and motor skills, Vol.56(3), pp.991-1001
- DOI
- 10.2466/pms.1983.56.3.991
- PMID
- 6410353
- ISSN
- 0031-5125
- eISSN
- 1558-688X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/1983
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984004192402771
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