Thesis
Visual serial-list learning in temporal lobe epilepsy
Master of Science (M.S.), Drexel University
Jul 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-4257
Abstract
The current study examined performance on a visual serial-list learning task in patients with epilepsy in order to clarify the role of executive function as a contributing factor to episodic visual memory test performance and primary visual amnesia. The sample was comprised of 37 individuals who were diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy and 34 healthy controls between the ages of 19 and 76 years old. The neuropsychological assessment included a demographic questionnaire and the Biber-Glosser Figure Learning Test. Results suggest that epilepsy patients had a significantly different error profile across trials than healthy controls and committed more errors overall. Furthermore, errors in executive control were predictive of delayed performance among the epilepsy population. Future research should operationally define and analyze different errors committed as this study did when examining neuropsychological measures of executive function in the temporal lobe epilepsy population in order to enhance understanding of these higher level cognitive processes and underlying neural mechanisms involved.
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- Title
- Visual serial-list learning in temporal lobe epilepsy
- Creators
- Ariana Tart-Zelvin - DU
- Contributors
- J. Michael Williams (Advisor) - Drexel University, Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); College of Arts and Sciences; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 4257; 991014632710304721