Article: Findings from S. Kovac and co-researchers advance knowledge in epilepsy.(Report)

"The goal of this study was to explore the relationship between language and memory lateralization in patients with epilepsy undergoing the intracarotid amobarbital procedure. In 386 patients, language lateralization and memory lateralization as determined by laterality index (LI) were correlated with each other," scientists in Munster, Germany report (see also Epilepsy).

"Language lateralization and memory lateralization were positively correlated (r = 0.34, P <0.01) compared with the group without lesions (n = 90, r = 0.16, P> 0.05), with patients with hippocampal sclerosis falling between these two groups. Both memory (P

The researchers concluded: "Correlation of language and memory is more pronounced in patients with ...

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