Patients with temporal-lobe epilepsy (TLE) present with memory difficulties. The aim of the current study was to determine to what extent these difficulties could be related to a metamemory impairment. Fifteen patients with TLE and 15 matched healthy controls carried out a paired-associates learning task. Memory recall was measured at intervals of 30 min and 4 weeks. We employed a combined Judgement-of-Learning (JOL) and Feeling-of-Knowing (FOK) task to investigate whether participants could monitor their memory successfully at both the item-by-item level and the global level. The results revealed a clear deficit of episodic memory in patients with epilepsy compared with controls, but metamemory in TLE patients was intact. Patients were able to monitor their memory successfully at the item-by-item level, and tended to be even more accurate than controls when making global judgements. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Titolo: | Memory, metamemory and their dissociation in temporal lobe epilepsy |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2010 |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1188870 |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01a Articolo in rivista |