Research Article

Assessing a Metacognitive Account of Associative Memory Impairments in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Table 1

Mean (and standard deviation) demographic characteristics for TLE and controls and TLE characteristics.

TLE Controls

Age41.32 (11.22)37.72 (13.93)
Gender (female : male)18 : 48 : 10
Education (years)12.82 (2.26)13.17 (1.72)
NART (FSIQ)107.90 (9.95)109.78 (8.93)
Age of onset20.75 (15.07)
Duration of illness (yrs)18.86 (14.73)
Laterality (left : right : bilateral)9 : 9 : 4
Handedness (right : left)17 : 518 : 0

Note: NART = National Adult Reading Test [33]; TLE = temporal lobe epilepsy.