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Gabriella Roubicek1, Linda Gonzalez2, Suncica Lah3
1Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Rationale:
This study explored the applicability of the adult model of task-specificity of memory to children with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).
Method:
Retrospective clinical audit; 38 children and adolescents (6-16 years) with lesional TLE (n = 22 mesial; n = 16 lateral) treated at tertiary pediatric hospitals completed two types of verbal memory paradigms: arbitrary associative (Verbal Paired Associates - Hard Pairs) and semantically related (Verbal Paired Associates - Easy Pairs; Stories).
Results:
Children with mesial TLE performed more poorly than their lateral TLE counterparts on both types of memory paradigms: arbitrary associative and semantically related (Stories only). Groups with left and right TLE performed comparably on all verbal memory measures.
Conclusions:
Our findings suggest that the adult model of task-specificity may not be completely applicable to children with TLE. Consideration of the developmental context is critical in research and clinical work with pediatric populations.
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