Richard-Mornas Aurélie, Mazzietti Audric, Koenig Olivier, Borg Céline, Convers Philippe, Thomas-Antérion Catherine
a Unit of Neuropsychology-CM2R, Department of Neurology, CHU Nord , Saint-Etienne , France.
Neurocase. 2014;20(6):666-70. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2013.826695. Epub 2013 Aug 14.
We report a fascinating case of a patient with a hyper empathy that appeared after resective epilepsy surgery. This behavioral modification has remained unchanged since the surgery took place 13 years ago. Recent neuropsychological objective assessments confirmed hyper empathy in a self-report questionnaire, and revealed higher affective theory of mind than controls in a "Reading the Mind in the Eyes Task." Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common form of epilepsy and the investigation of emotional processes after surgery in these patients deserves to be related.
我们报告了一例引人入胜的病例，一名患者在接受切除性癫痫手术后出现了过度共情。自13年前手术以来，这种行为改变一直未变。最近的神经心理学客观评估在一份自我报告问卷中证实了过度共情，并在“眼神读心任务”中显示，与对照组相比，该患者具有更高的情感心理理论水平。颞叶癫痫是最常见的癫痫类型，对这些患者术后情绪过程的研究值得关注。
