癫痫患儿脑手术前后对面孔的记忆

Memory for faces in epileptic children before and after brain surgery.

作者信息

Beardsworth E D, Zaidel D W

机构信息

Department of Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.

出版信息

J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1994 Aug;16(4):589-96. doi: 10.1080/01688639408402670.

DOI:10.1080/01688639408402670

PMID:7962360

Abstract

Memory for pairs of unfamiliar children's faces was investigated in 29 children and adolescents suffering from left (LTLE) or right (RTLE) temporal-lobe epilepsy, before and after temporal-lobe surgery. Both immediate and delayed memory were tested. Before surgery, RTLE subjects performed worse than either LTLE subjects or normal children. After surgery, RTLE subjects improved significantly. Overall (after surgery), there was no significant LTLE-RTLE difference, but on delayed memory, the RTLE group was worse than the LTLE group. The results suggest specialization for facial memory in the right hemisphere of young patients, as in adults, despite early brain damage.

摘要

对29名患有左颞叶癫痫（LTLE）或右颞叶癫痫（RTLE）的儿童和青少年在颞叶手术前后对不熟悉的儿童面孔配对的记忆进行了研究。同时测试了即时记忆和延迟记忆。手术前，RTLE受试者的表现比LTLE受试者或正常儿童都差。手术后，RTLE受试者有显著改善。总体而言（手术后），LTLE和RTLE之间没有显著差异，但在延迟记忆方面，RTLE组比LTLE组差。结果表明，尽管有早期脑损伤，但与成年人一样，年轻患者右半球对面孔记忆具有特异性。