Verbal memory in children with temporal lobe epilepsy: Exploring task-specificity.
Children
Task-specificity
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Verbal memory
Journal
Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
ISSN: 1525-5069
Titre abrégé: Epilepsy Behav
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 100892858
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2020
10 2020
Historique:
received:
21
04
2020
revised:
30
06
2020
accepted:
11
07
2020
pubmed:
17
8
2020
medline:
9
3
2021
entrez:
16
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study explored the applicability of the adult model of task-specificity of memory to children with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Retrospective clinical audit; 38 children and adolescents (6-16 years) with lesional TLE (n = 22 mesial; n = 16 lateral) treated at tertiary pediatric hospitals completed two types of verbal memory paradigms: arbitrary associative (Verbal Paired Associates - Hard Pairs) and semantically related (Verbal Paired Associates - Easy Pairs; Stories). Children with mesial TLE performed more poorly than their lateral TLE counterparts on both types of memory paradigms: arbitrary associative and semantically related (Stories only). Groups with left and right TLE performed comparably on all verbal memory measures. Our findings suggest that the adult model of task-specificity may not be completely applicable to children with TLE. Consideration of the developmental context is critical in research and clinical work with pediatric populations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32795885
pii: S1525-5050(20)30520-5
doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107341
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
107341Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest None.