Table 2.

Medians for demographic information and scores in neuropsychological background tests as a function of seizure lateralization.

	Max. score	LMTLE patients (n = 16)	RMTLE patients (n = 10)	P value
		Mdn	Mdn
Age (years)		46.0	35.5	.076
Education (years)		10.0	10.0	.075
Age at disease onset (years)		20.5	17.0	—
Disease duration (years)		11.5	14.0	—
Vocabulary [29]	37	27.0	29.0	.057
Numeracy [30, 31]	11	8.5*	7.5*	.014
Mental complex calculation [32]	24	11.5	9.0	.034
Verbal memory (MGT) [33]
Learning (5. trial)	16	13.0	15.0	—
Immediate free recall	16	9.5*	13.0	—
Delayed free recall	16	12.0	14.0	—
Recognition (corrected score)	16	15.0	14.0	—
Nonverbal memory, immediate free recall (VVM) [34]	31	17.5	17.0	—
Anxiety (HADS-D) [35]	21	5.5	7.0	—
Depression (HADS-D) [35]	21	4.5	2.0	—
Digit span forward (WMS-R) [36]	12	7.0	6.0	.079
Digit span backward (WMS-R) [36]	12	5.5	5.5	.047
Psychomotor speed (TMT-A) [37]		29.5	24.5	.691
Cognitive flexibility (TMT-B) [37]		78.0	73.5	.018
Categorical verbal fluency (RWT) [38]		22.5	27.0	.056
Phonological verbal fluency (RWT) [38]		5.0*	8.0	.012
Set-shifting (RWT) [38]		13.5	15.0	.011
Categorization (WCST) [39]
Completed categories	5	3.5	2.0*	.027
Perseverative errors		10.0	10.0	.032
Go-NoGo task (adapted from [40])
Correct Go-trials	100	98.9	98.9	.059
Correct NoGo-trials	100	83.3	98.6	.878
Planning (Planungstest) [41]
Total number of moves		35.5	36.0	.029
Errors		0.0	0.0	—

Note: Group comparisons between LMTLE patients, RMTLE patients, and healthy controls were carried out by means of Kruskal-Wallis H-test. Significance was set at α = .05.

LMTLE: left-sided mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; RMTLE: right-sided mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; Mdn: Median; (*): slightly below cut-off or below the 10th percentile of normative data; (—): not available.