Visual memory in patients after anterior right temporal lobectomy and adult normative data for the Brown Location Test.
Several large meta-analytic studies have failed to support a consistent relationship between visual or "nonverbal" memory deficits and right mesial temporal lobe changes. The Brown Location Test (BLT), a recently developed dot location learning and memory test, uses a nonsymmetrical array and provides control over many of the confounding variables (e.g., verbal influence and drawing requirements) inherent in other measures of visual memory. In the present investigation, we evaluated the clinical utility of the BLT in patients who had undergone left or right anterior mesial temporal lobectomy. We also provide normative data of 298 healthy adults for standardized scores. Results revealed significantly worse performance on the BLT in the right as compared to the left lobectomy group and the healthy adult normative sample. The present findings support a role for the right anterior mesial temporal lobe in dot location learning and memory.
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Franklin C
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Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA. fbrown@keeneneuro.com
Tuttle
Erin
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Westerveld
Michael
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Ferraro
F Richard
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Chmielowiec
Teresa
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Vandemore
Michelle
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Gibson-Beverly
Gina
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Bemus
Lisa
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Roth
Robert M
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Blumenfeld
Hal
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Spencer
Dennis D
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Spencer
Susan S
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D038481:Anterior Temporal Lobectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult