title: Face learning and memory: the twins test.
abstract: The clinical utility of current face recognition tests has been questioned. To evaluate if a new paradigm may measure this type of memory more accurately, the authors created a novel test to examine face learning (previously uninvestigated) and short- and long-term retention. For this initial investigation of test sensitivity to hemisphere of dysfunction, patients with surgical resection from a temporal lobe and healthy subjects were tested. Recognition was evaluated on 3 trials: after a single exposure, after 4 exposures (for learning), and after a 24-hr delay interval. Patients with a right resection performed significantly worse than healthy controls and patients with left resection. There was no difference between patients with a left resection and controls. Classification of individual patients to side of resection based on test results showed higher sensitivity (82%) than published for other tests and maintained good specificity (79%).
authors.affiliation: Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Unit of the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Quebec, Canada. ldade@rotman-baycrest.on.ca
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Dade
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jones-Gotman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D020238:Prosopagnosia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery