Effects of temporal lobe epilepsy on spatial and figural aspects of memory for a complex geometric figure

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 535-540

  Breier, Joshua I ^a   Plenger, Patrick M ^a   Castillo, Rosario ^a   Fuchs, Kathleen ^a   Wheless, James W ^a   Thomas, Azreena B ^a   Brookshire, Bonnie L ^a   James Willmore, L ^a   Papanicolaou, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Nonverbal memory; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORIENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030276588     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617700001703     Document Type: Article

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