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Wisconsin Card Sorting Performance in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: Clinical and Neuroanatomical Correlates
Author(s) -
Roy C. Martin,
Stephen M. Sawrie,
Frank Gilliam,
Cheryl A. Palmer,
Edward Faught,
Richard B. Morawetz,
Ruben Kuzniecky
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1499-1654.2000.001626.x
Subject(s) - hippocampal sclerosis , temporal lobe , wisconsin card sorting test , psychology , epilepsy , anterior temporal lobectomy , laterality , executive dysfunction , hippocampus , audiology , age of onset , neuroscience , medicine , neuropsychology , cognition , disease
A sizable proportion of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) display impairments on tests of executive function. Previous studies have suggested several factors that may explain such performance, including the presence of hippocampal sclerosis, electrophysiological disruption to extratemporal regions, and early age of seizure onset. However, no clear determinants have been found that consistently explain such executive dysfunction. The present study investigated the contribution of several clinical variables and temporal lobe neuroanatomic features to performance on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) in a series of patients with TLE.