title: The relationship between emotional intelligence and task-switching in temporal lobe epilepsy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in task-switching performance of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).
  
  
  METHODS
  An experimental research design conducted at Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan, Mayo and Services Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan from March 2013 to October 2014. Twenty-five patients with TLE and 25 healthy individuals from local community participated in the study. Participants completed measures of intelligence, EI, depression, anxiety, stress, and task-switching experiment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients and controls showed an average intelligence quotient, and normal levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. In contrast to controls, patients showed lower EI and impaired task-switching abilities. This result can be seen in the context of disintegrated white matter and cerebral connectivity in patients with TLE. Emotional intelligence was found to be a significant predictor of task-switching performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Emotional intelligence is a potential marker of higher order cognitive functioning in patients with TLE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan. E-mail: amara_psychology@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Amara
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gul
authors.forename: Imtiaz
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hussain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
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