Verbal emotional memory in children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy: a first study.
That emotional memory enhancement is compromised in adult patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), particularly in the case of early cerebral damage, has been suspected. We conducted a study in which we compared 20 children and adolescents aged 11-15 years with early TLE with 40 healthy control subjects. We studied the effect of emotional information on verbal memory performance using story recall and word list learning tasks. Our results highlighted the existence of emotional memory facilitation in healthy subjects, whereas there was no beneficial impact of emotional material on memory in young patients with TLE. Our study suggests that early TLE can impair the development of emotional memory processes.
Jambaqué
Isabelle
I
Laboratoire de Psychologie et Neurosciences Cognitives (UMR CNRS 8189), Université Paris Descartes, Institut de Psychologie, Paris, France. isabelle.jambaque@parisdescartes.fr
Pinabiaux
Charlotte
C
Dubouch
Célia
C
Fohlen
Martine
M
Bulteau
Christine
C
Delalande
Olivier
O
D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014705:Verbal Behavior