Acute effect of anterior temporal lobectomy on musical processing.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-1991
Abstract
Patients with intractable epilepsy treated by anterior temporal lobectomy (Right, RT, n = 12; Left, LT, n = 9) and healthy controls (n = 12) with no musical training were prospectively evaluated with a standardized battery, including the Musical Aptitude Profile and the Seashore Tonal Memory Test. Before surgery, patients performed below controls (P less than 0.001), but there were no differences between RT and LT patients. After resection (2 weeks), RT patients showed a differential decline on tasks measuring perception of meter (P = 0.005) and tempo (P = 0.008) but not tonal processes. LT, and controls studied at the same time interval, showed no decline. The results support the role of the right hemisphere in specific aspects of musical processing.
Volume
29
Issue
7
First Page
703
Last Page
708
ISSN
0028-3932
Published In/Presented At
Kester, D. B., Saykin, A. J., Sperling, M. R., O'Connor, M. J., Robinson, L. J., & Gur, R. C. (1991). Acute effect of anterior temporal lobectomy on musical processing. Neuropsychologia, 29(7), 703–708. https://doi.org/10.1016/0028-3932(91)90104-g
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
1944872
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article