Relation of Extent of Temporal Removals to Closure and Visuomotor Factors

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Abstract
Factor analysis of scores for 159 Ss on the Wechsler-Bellevue Scale of Intelligence, Mooney's Closure Faces test, and a visuomotor task (in which 4 blocks were assembled 10 times alternately into square and triangular frames) yielded 3 similar factors for each sex: Verbal Comprehension, Visual Construction and Closure. Mean factor score estimates showed the expected verbal deficit in 7 patients with left temporal removals and closure deficit in 14 patients with right temporal removals, but no asymmetry for the visuomotor factor. The negative correlation of the latter scores with extent of surgery in the right temporal area was different from the positive one found for the left temporal group.