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Recognition memory for words and faces following unilateral temporal lobectomy
Author(s) -
Morris Robin G.,
Abrahams Sharon,
Polkey Charles E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1995.tb01490.x
Subject(s) - psychology , temporal lobectomy , temporal lobe , recognition memory , memory test , audiology , developmental psychology , neuroscience , cognition , medicine , epilepsy
The study tested the ability of the Warrington Recognition Memory Test (1984) to discriminate between patients with left and right temporal lobe lesions. Forty‐seven patients who had undergone unilateral temporal lobectomy (TL) (23 right‐ and 24 left‐sided operations) were tested on the two components of the test, recognition memory for words (RMW) and recognition memory for faces (RMF). The results show that the right TL group were significantly worse than the left TL group on RMF. Conversely, the left TL group were significantly worse on the RMW test, confirming earlier results relating to material‐specific deficits in long‐term memory following TL. The RMF test was relatively sensitive and specific in detecting significant impairments associated with right TL, but the RMW proved much less sensitive to the effects of left TL. RMW and RMF discrepancy scores were found not to discriminate well between the two groups of patients.