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Memory selectivity and unilateral cerebral dysfunction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

D. R. Master ,
C. Thompson ,
G. Dunn  and
W. A. Lishman
D. R. Master
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
C. Thompson
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
G. Dunn
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
W. A. Lishman*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
3Address for correspondence: Professor W. A. Lishman, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

The relative speed of recall of pleasant and unpleasant experiences was investigated in patients with unilateral temporal lobe epilepsy and after unilateral temporal lobectomy. Indications have been obtained that right, but not left, temporal lobe dysfunction may impair hedonic aspects of memory selectivity.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , November 1986 , pp. 781 - 788
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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