INTELLECTUAL CHANGES FOLLOWING TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY FOR PSYCHOMOTOR EPILEPSY: PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION
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- 1 February 1955
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 18 (1) , 44-52
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.18.1.44
Abstract
Testing of patients undergoing temporal lobectomy for psychomotor epilepsy suggests that following the operation: (1) General intelligence is relatively unimpaired. (2) Specific abilities may be impaired, at least for some time. (3) A significant learning disability may result. (4) The disability is strongly associated with lesions of the dominant hemisphere. (5) The disability may still be present a year after operation. (6) The learning disability is not a function of the level of intelligence of the patient or of intellectual changes following operation.Keywords
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