Table 2.
Summary of neuropsychological assessment (standard deviation in parentheses).
| Test | TLE | Controls | F statistic | p value |
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| WASI (index scores) | ||||
| VIQ | 105.21 (15.39) | 105.72 (14.92) | 0.01 | 0.92 |
| PIQ | 102.63 (12.72) | 109.72 (13.69) | 2.74 | 0.11 |
| FSIQ | 104.76 (13.58) | 108.94 (13.65) | 0.94 | 0.34 |
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| BMIPB (z-scores) | ||||
| Figure immediate | −1.35 (1.12) | 0.06 (1.18) | 14.56 | 0.001 |
| Figure delayed | −0.88 (−0.88) | 0.39 (0.91) | 19.64 | 0.001 |
| List learning | −0.28 (1.38) | 0.33 (1.14) | 2.20 | 0.15 |
| Postinterference list | −0.61 (1.18) | 0.28 (0.73) | 7.74 | 0.01 |
| Story immediate | −1.13 (1.15) | −0.06 (0.77) | 11.20 | 0.002 |
| Story delayed | −1.26 (1.02) | 0.11 (0.93) | 19.33 | 0.001 |
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| WRMT (raw scores) | ||||
| Words | 44.00 (4.41) | 48.22 (1.66) | 14.74 | 0.001 |
| Faces | 39.00 (6.13) | 43.44 (4.10) | 6.90 | 0.01 |
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| D-KEFS fluency (z-scores) | ||||
| FAS verbal | −0.55 (1.04) | 0.13 (0.96) | 1.78 | 0.19 |
| Category | −0.49 (0.98) | 0.07 (0.90) | 1.97 | 0.17 |
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| Max. digit span forward | 7.00 (1.11) | 6.94 (1.06) | 0.03 | 0.87 |
| Max. digit span backward | 5.23 (1.34) | 5.78 (1.17) | 1.83 | 0.19 |
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| HADS (raw scores) | ||||
| Anxiety | 8.59 (3.88) | 5.83 (3.47) | 5.52 | 0.02 |
| Depression | 4.80 (2.98) | 3.56 (2.81) | 1.82 | 0.19 |
Note: TLE = temporal lobe epilepsy, NART = National Adult Reading Test [33], WASI = Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence [34], VIQ = verbal IQ, PIQ = performance IQ, FSIQ = full scale IQ, BMIPB = BIRT Memory and Information Processing Battery [35], WRMT = Warrington Recognition Memory Test [36], D-KEFS = Delis-Kaplan Executive Function Scale [37], and HADS = hospital anxiety and depression rating scale [38].