Visuo-spatial memory tests in right temporal lobe epilepsy foci: Clinical validity

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 254-260

  Wisniewski, Ilona ^a,b   Wendling, Anne Sophie ^a   Manning, Lilianne ^b   Steinhoff, Bernhard J ^a  

^a Epilepsiezentrum Kork ^*  (Germany)

^b Université de Strasbourg Faculté de Psychologie   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Lateralization; Memory; Sensitivity; Temporal lobe; Tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84858294255     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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