Processing of Words and Faces by Patients with Left and Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Tests of word and face processing were given to patients with complex partial epilepsy focussed on the left or right temporal lobe, and to non-epileptic control subjects. The left TLE group showed the greatest impairment on object naming and on reading tests, but the right TLE group also showed a le...
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| description | Tests of word and face processing were given to patients with complex partial epilepsy focussed on the left or right temporal lobe, and to non-epileptic control subjects. The left TLE group showed the greatest impairment on object naming and on reading tests, but the right TLE group also showed a lesser impairment relative to the normal control subjects on both tests. The right TLE group was selectively impaired on distinguishing famous from non-famous faces while the left TLE group was impaired at naming famous faces they had successfully recognized as familiar. There was no significant difference between the three groups on recognition memory for words. The implications of the results for theories of the role of the temporal lobes in word and face processing, and the possible neural mechanisms responsible for the deficits in TLE patients, are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-32ffe3608208495e9eaf39ade25bb2272025-08-20T02:24:21ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85841991-01-014212112810.3233/BEN-1991-4208Processing of Words and Faces by Patients with Left and Right Temporal Lobe EpilepsyAndrew W. Ellis0Jonathan C. Hillam1Alistair Cardno2Janice Kay3Department of Psychology, University of York, UKNeuro-psychiatric Unit and Special Centre for Epilepsy, Bootham Park Hospital, York, UKNeuro-psychiatric Unit and Special Centre for Epilepsy, Bootham Park Hospital, York, UKDepartment of Psychology, University of Exeter, UKTests of word and face processing were given to patients with complex partial epilepsy focussed on the left or right temporal lobe, and to non-epileptic control subjects. The left TLE group showed the greatest impairment on object naming and on reading tests, but the right TLE group also showed a lesser impairment relative to the normal control subjects on both tests. The right TLE group was selectively impaired on distinguishing famous from non-famous faces while the left TLE group was impaired at naming famous faces they had successfully recognized as familiar. There was no significant difference between the three groups on recognition memory for words. The implications of the results for theories of the role of the temporal lobes in word and face processing, and the possible neural mechanisms responsible for the deficits in TLE patients, are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1991-4208 |
| spellingShingle | Andrew W. Ellis Jonathan C. Hillam Alistair Cardno Janice Kay Processing of Words and Faces by Patients with Left and Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Behavioural Neurology |
| title | Processing of Words and Faces by Patients with Left and Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy |
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