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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.
Dyslexia and dysgraphia of various kinds are recognized sequelae of cerebral lesions. Although refusal to read or write may occur in a number of psychiatric disorders, to our knowledge dyslexia and dysgraphia as the sole manifestations of a psychogenic disorder have not previously been reported. Our patient had psychogenic symptoms, initially including seizures but subsequently consisting solely of dyslexia and dysgraphia.
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