The patient's experience of memory change after elective temporal lobe resection.

Subjective memory has emerged as a relevant indicator of outcome following temporal lobe resection (TLR) for the treatment of intractable temporal lobe epilepsy. Study 1 asks whether patients undergoing TLR experience subjectively-perceived memory changes one year following surgery. The Memory Observation Questionnaire provided data for both individual and group level analyses.

Quality of life and memory after vagus nerve stimulator implantation for epilepsy.

Objective: This prospective, case control study evaluates quality of life (QOL), depressive affect, and memory outcomes of epilepsy patients implanted with a vagus nerve stimulator (VNS).

Methods: Three groups of patients with epilepsy underwent assessment on two occasions: 1) patients with a VNS were tested before and 12 months after implantation (n = 16); 2) patients who underwent cerebral resective surgery were tested pre- and post-operatively (n = 10); and 3) patients under medical management (n = 9). Group means were compared on the QOLIE-89, Geriatric Depression Scale, Wechsler Memory Scale - III, and the Memory Observation Questionnaire.

Does the concept of emotional intelligence contribute to our understanding of temporal lobe resections?

Research on temporal lobe (TL) resection has revealed impairments in cognition and emotion that differ as a function of laterality. Until recently, however, a construct called "emotional intelligence" had not been investigated in surgical recipients. We asked if Bar-On's Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i) was sensitive to the side of the temporal lobe lesion, and if the EQ-i correlated with intellectual and psychosocial functioning.

Sex differences in olfactory function in young patients with psychotic disorders.

Female superiority on many measures of olfactory function is well established, but debate remains as to whether this pattern extends to patients with psychotic disorders. The purpose of this large retrospective study was to re-examine whether male vs. female differences in olfactory identification exist in patients with psychotic disorders, and if so, whether any such differences were related to features of the psychotic disorder or could be explained by a generalized male-female difference.