Analytic information processing style in epilepsy patients

作者：Buonfiglio Marzia^*; Di Sabato Francesco; Mandillo Silvia; Albini Mariarita; Di Bonaventura Carlo; Giallonardo Annateresa; Avanzini Giuliano

来源：Epilepsy and Behavior, 2017, 73: 18-22.

DOI：10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.05.016

• Temporal lobe epilepsy
• Idiopathic generalized epilepsy
• Analytic information processing style
• Sternberg-Wagner self-assessment inventory
• Photosensitivity

Relevant to the study of epileptogenesis is learning processing, given the pivotal role that neuroplasticity assumes in both mechanisms.
Recently, evoked potential analyses showed a link between analytic cognitive style and altered neural excitability in both migraine and healthy subjects, regardless of cognitive impairment or psychological disorders. In this study we evaluated analytic/global and visual/auditory perceptual dimensions of cognitive style in patients with epilepsy.
Twenty-five cryptogenic temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients matched with 25 idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) sufferers and 25 healthy volunteers were recruited and participated in three cognitive style tests: "Sternberg-Wagner Self-Assessment Inventory", the C. Cornoldi test series called AMOS, and the Mariani Learning style Questionnaire.
Our results demonstrate a significant association between analytic cognitive style and both IGE and TLE and respectively a predominant auditory and visual analytic style (ANOVA: p values <0,0001). These findings should encourage further research to investigate information processing style and its neurophysiological correlates in epilepsy.

• 出版日期2017-8