Repeat testing enhances long-term verbal memory in children with epilepsy.
Child Neuropsychol
; 30(3): 425-443, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
To (i) determine whether accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF) can be found using standardized verbal memory test materials in children with genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and (ii) to establish whether ALF is impacted by executive skills and repeat testing over long delays. One hundred and twenty-three children aged 8 to 16, (28 with GGE, 23 with TLE, and 72 typically developing; TD) completed a battery of standardized tests assessing executive functioning and memory for two stories. Stories were recalled immediately and after a 30-min delay. To examine whether repeat testing impacts long-term forgetting, one story was tested via free recall at 1-day and 2-weeks, and the other at 2-weeks only. Recognition was then tested for both stories at 2-weeks. Children with epilepsy recalled fewer story details, both immediately and after 30-min relative to TD children. Compared to TD children, the GGE group, but not the TLE group, showed ALF, having significantly poorer recall of the story tested only at the longest delay. Poor executive skills were significantly correlated with ALF for children with epilepsy. Standard story memory materials can detect ALF in children with epilepsy when administered over long delays. Our findings suggest that (i) ALF is related to poor executive skills in children with epilepsy, and (ii) repeated testing may ameliorate ALF in some children.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Epilepsia
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Epilepsia del Lóbulo Temporal
Límite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Child Neuropsychol
Asunto de la revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOLOGIA
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
Australia