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Repeat testing enhances long-term verbal memory in children with epilepsy
Child neuropsychology, Vol.30(3), pp.425-443
2024
PMID: 37144751
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Abstract
To (i) determine whether accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF) can be found using standardized verbal memory test materials in children with genetic generalized epilepsy (GGE) and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and (ii) to establish whether ALF is impacted by executive skills and repeat testing over long delays. One hundred and twenty-three children aged 8 to 16, (28 with GGE, 23 with TLE, and 72 typically developing; TD) completed a battery of standardized tests assessing executive functioning and memory for two stories. Stories were recalled immediately and after a 30-min delay. To examine whether repeat testing impacts long-term forgetting, one story was tested via free recall at 1-day and 2-weeks, and the other at 2-weeks only. Recognition was then tested for both stories at 2-weeks. Children with epilepsy recalled fewer story details, both immediately and after 30-min relative to TD children. Compared to TD children, the GGE group, but not the TLE group, showed ALF, having significantly poorer recall of the story tested only at the longest delay. Poor executive skills were significantly correlated with ALF for children with epilepsy. Standard story memory materials can detect ALF in children with epilepsy when administered over long delays. Our findings suggest that (i) ALF is related to poor executive skills in children with epilepsy, and (ii) repeated testing may ameliorate ALF in some children.
Details
- Title
- Repeat testing enhances long-term verbal memory in children with epilepsy
- Creators
- Samantha Joplin - The University of SydneyMichael Gascoigne - Western Sydney UniversityBelinda Barton - Southern Cross UniversityRichard Webster - Children's Hospital at WestmeadDeepak Gill - Children's Hospital at WestmeadJohn Lawson - Department of Neurology SCHN, School of Women and Children’s Health, UNSW, Randwick, NSW, AustraliaAnna Mandalis - Sydney Children's HospitalMark Sabaz - Sydney Children's HospitalSamantha McLean - Children's Hospital at WestmeadLinda Gonzalez - Murdoch Children's Research InstituteMary-Lou Smith - University of TorontoSuncica Lah - The University of Sydney
- Publication Details
- Child neuropsychology, Vol.30(3), pp.425-443
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Identifiers
- 991013112982202368
- Copyright
- © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article