Sex differences in episodic memory among children with intractable epilepsy

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• 作者：Mary Lou Smith ; Irene Elliott ; Abigail Naguiat
• 关键词：Verbal memory ; Visual memory ; Sex differences ; Epilepsy ; Children
• 刊名：Epilepsy & Behavior
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：January 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：14
• 期：1
• 页码：247-249
• 全文大小：135 K

文摘

This study investigated whether children with epilepsy exhibit sex differences in episodic memory. Fifty-one children and adolescents (26 boys and 25 girls) with intractable epilepsy were administered two verbal–auditory tasks (learning and recall of a word list and story recall) and two visual tasks (design recall and face recognition). Girls exhibited an advantage on the delayed recall of stories and on the learning phase of the word list task. No significant differences were observed on the delayed recall of words or the visual tasks. These results identify a particular risk for cognitive impairment in boys that could have an important impact on their academic performance.