Behavioral implications of temporal lobe epilepsy on social contingency.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is a chronic condition classically characterized by recurrent unprovoked episodes of involuntary violent motion and behavior whose degree and nature often overshadow the more subtle interictal neuropsychiatric symptoms. The purpose of this research was to investigate further the nature of cognitive impairment seen in social interaction within the population with TLE.

Methods

We recorded the dynamics of real-time sensorimotor interaction in 10 pairs of control participants and ten pairs of participants with drug-resistantTLE using a minimalistic human-computer interface paradigm known as "perceptual crossing." We investigated whether TLE is associated with impaired detection of social contingency, i.e.,reduced sensitivity to their teamma

SUBMITTER: Rini JF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7484312 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature