Sex differences in face recognition memory in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, patients with generalized epilepsy, and healthy controls

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-600

  Bengner, T ^a   Fortmeier, C ^a   Malina, T ^a   Lindenau, M ^a   Voges, B ^a   Goebell, E ^b   Stodieck, S ^a  

^a Protestant Hospital Alsterdorf   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

24 hour long term face recognition; Delayed; Episodic memory; Female; Gender and cognition; Generalized epilepsy; Immediate; Male; Nonverbal memory; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Women's dominance

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33751347822     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2006.08.021     Document Type: Article

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