Lateralization of lexical processing in refractory temporal epilepsy

VALENTINA AGÜERO VERA; BAUTISTA ELIZALDE ACEVEDO; LUCIA ALBA-FERRARA

Congreso; Congreso Latinoamericano de Epilepsia; 2020

Introduction: In the temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) it could be affected eloquent areas of language processing, due to the epileptogenic zone and linguistic dominance. This research, with a non-invasive technique that overcomes the language barrier of the participant called Lexical Decision Task (LDT), studied the lateralization of lexical processing in refractory TLE.Methods: Patients with left TLE (LTLE) (N=12), right TLE (RTLE) (N=15) and controls (N=16) were evaluated using LDT. An ANCOVA analysis was performed, with the left, right and baseline stimulus side (SS) variables as an intrasubject factor and group as an intersubject factor.Results: A main effect of the SS was found, differing from each other (F1.35)=21,P