The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital Cortex
Eidetic memory has been reported in children and in patients with synesthesia but is otherwise thought to be a rare phenomenon. Presented herein is a patient with right-sided language dominance, as proven via multiple functional imaging and neuropsychometric methods, who has a seizure onset zone in...
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| author | Brent M. Berry Laura R. Miller Meaghan Berns Michal Kucewicz |
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| description | Eidetic memory has been reported in children and in patients with synesthesia but is otherwise thought to be a rare phenomenon. Presented herein is a patient with right-sided language dominance, as proven via multiple functional imaging and neuropsychometric methods, who has a seizure onset zone in the right temporo-parietal-occipital cortex. This patient’s medically refractory epilepsy and thus hyperactive cortex could possibly contribute to near eidetic ability with paired-associates learning tasks (in both short-term and long-term retention). There are reports of epilepsy negatively affecting memory, but as far as the authors are aware to date, there is limited evidence of any lesion enhancing cognitive functions (whether through direct lesion or via compensatory mechanism) that would be localized to a seizure onset zone in the dominant temporo-parietal-occipital junction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-52e19d6778d641c28481f2780caf2d632023-11-17T20:06:02ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292023-04-0113495610.3390/life13040956The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital CortexBrent M. Berry0Laura R. Miller1Meaghan Berns2Michal Kucewicz3University of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USAMayo Clinic, Department of Neurology, Department of Sleep Medicine, Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USAUniversity of Minnesota Medical School, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USAMayo Clinic, Department of Neurology, Department of Sleep Medicine, Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USAEidetic memory has been reported in children and in patients with synesthesia but is otherwise thought to be a rare phenomenon. Presented herein is a patient with right-sided language dominance, as proven via multiple functional imaging and neuropsychometric methods, who has a seizure onset zone in the right temporo-parietal-occipital cortex. This patient’s medically refractory epilepsy and thus hyperactive cortex could possibly contribute to near eidetic ability with paired-associates learning tasks (in both short-term and long-term retention). There are reports of epilepsy negatively affecting memory, but as far as the authors are aware to date, there is limited evidence of any lesion enhancing cognitive functions (whether through direct lesion or via compensatory mechanism) that would be localized to a seizure onset zone in the dominant temporo-parietal-occipital junction.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/4/956refractory epilepsypair associative memoryeideticpsychometricsangular gyrusdominant temporo-parietal-occipital junction |
| spellingShingle | Brent M. Berry Laura R. Miller Meaghan Berns Michal Kucewicz The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital Cortex Life refractory epilepsy pair associative memory eidetic psychometrics angular gyrus dominant temporo-parietal-occipital junction |
| title | The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital Cortex |
| title_full | The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital Cortex |
| title_fullStr | The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital Cortex |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital Cortex |
| title_short | The Possibility of Eidetic Memory in a Patient Report of Epileptogenic Zone in Right Temporo-Parietal-Occipital Cortex |
| title_sort | possibility of eidetic memory in a patient report of epileptogenic zone in right temporo parietal occipital cortex |
| topic | refractory epilepsy pair associative memory eidetic psychometrics angular gyrus dominant temporo-parietal-occipital junction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/4/956 |
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