Kester D B, Saykin A J, Sperling M R, O'Connor M J, Robinson L J, Gur R C
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.
Neuropsychologia. 1991;29(7):703-8. doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(91)90104-g.
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 less than 0.001), but there were no differences between RT and LT patients. After resection (2 weeks), RT patients showed a differential decline on tasks measuring perception of meter (P = 0.005) and tempo (P = 0.008) but not tonal processes. LT, and controls studied at the same time interval, showed no decline. The results support the role of the right hemisphere in specific aspects of musical processing.
对接受前颞叶切除术的难治性癫痫患者（右侧，RT，n = 12；左侧，LT，n = 9）以及无音乐训练的健康对照者（n = 12）进行了前瞻性评估，使用标准化测试组合，包括音乐才能剖面图和西肖尔音调记忆测试。术前，患者的表现低于对照组（P < 0.001），但RT和LT患者之间无差异。切除术后（2周），RT患者在节拍感知（P = 0.005）和节奏感知（P = 0.008）任务上出现差异性下降，但在音调处理方面无下降。同时接受相同时间间隔研究的LT患者和对照组未出现下降。结果支持右半球在音乐处理特定方面的作用。
