Selective memory impairment for public events in a patient with left temporal lobe epilepsy

Lilianne Manning; Serge Chassagnon; Edouard Hirsch; Pierre Kehrli; Daniel Maitrot

doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.02.003

Selective memory impairment for public events in a patient with left temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy Res. 2005 Mar-Apr;64(1-2):45-7. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.02.003. Epub 2005 Apr 7.

Authors

Lilianne Manning¹, Serge Chassagnon, Edouard Hirsch, Pierre Kehrli, Daniel Maitrot

Affiliation

¹ Neuropsychology Unit, CNRS 7521, CNRS 858, University Louis Pasteur, 12, rue Goethe, 67000 Strasbourg, France. [email protected]

PMID: 15820669
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2005.02.003

Abstract

Highly selective memory impairment for public events was demonstrated in a patient (JR), who suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We successfully trained JR's memory for a set of news events and discuss, on those bases, the characteristics of news events processing that may have contributed to its increased vulnerability relative to autobiographical memory (AbM).

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / complications*
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / therapy
Functional Laterality / physiology*
Humans
Male
Memory Disorders / etiology*
Memory Disorders / psychology
Memory Disorders / therapy
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data
Recognition, Psychology / physiology*