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Christel Bresson1, Véronique Lespinet-Najib, Alain Rougier
1Laboratoire de Sciences Cognitives (UPRES - EA-487), Institut de Cognitique, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Domaine Universitaire de Carreire, Zone Nord, Bât. 2A 146 Rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. bresson@scico.u-bordeaux2.fr
Abstract:
This study investigates the compensatory impact of cognitive aids on left and right temporal lobe epileptic patients suffering from verbal memory disorders, who were candidates for surgery. Cognitive aids are defined in the levels-of-processing framework and deal with the depth of encoding, the elaboration of information, and the use of retrieval cues. Results indicate differential compensatory impact for left and right epileptic patients and are discussed according to the HERA model and the compensation framework.
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