Psychological Studies of Seven Epileptic Hemiparetics Before and After Hemispherectomy

Language and Reading in the Right Hemisphere: Highways or Byways of the Brain?

“…From this point on, the child's vocabulary increased rapidly and she was able to form sentences. Other reports of successful hemispherectomies for infantile hemiplegia followed (Uecker et al 1954;White 1961;Basser 1962;Uecki 1966;Ignetzi and Bucy 1968) as well as some less successful reports of hemispherectomies performed in response to glioma (Crockett and Estridge 1951;Gardner et al 1955). Intriguing to those who believed the left hemisphere essential to language function were reports of some limited functional speech in adults following left hemispherectomy (Zollinger 1935;Hillier 1954).…”

Language and Reading in the Right Hemisphere: Highways or Byways of the Brain?

“…From this point on, the child's vocabulary increased rapidly and she was able to form sentences. Other reports of successful hemispherectomies for infantile hemiplegia followed (Uecker et al 1954;White 1961;Basser 1962;Uecki 1966;Ignetzi and Bucy 1968) as well as some less successful reports of hemispherectomies performed in response to glioma (Crockett and Estridge 1951;Gardner et al 1955). Intriguing to those who believed the left hemisphere essential to language function were reports of some limited functional speech in adults following left hemispherectomy (Zollinger 1935;Hillier 1954).…”

Clinical memory testing: A review.

“…Many of these references added little to our understanding of the scale itself. In some studies, the intent was to measure the effects of certain diseases or of medical interventions (Cameron, Sved, Solyom, Wainrib, & Barik, 1963;Kastl, Daroff, & Blocker, 1968;Levy, 1968;Mensh, Schwartz, Matarazzo, & Matarazzo, 19S2;Uecker, French, & Johnson, 1954;Victor, Talland, & Adams, 1959;Vitale, Steinhelber, Drake, & Dahlgren, 1969;Zamora & Kaelbling, 1965). With other studies, the WMS was included in a large battery of psychological tests of intellectual functioning (Dixon, 1965;Gilberstadt, 1968;Logue, Durward, Pratt, Piercy, & Nixon, 1968;Vitale et al, 1969).…”

The Effects of Hemispherectomy on Intellectual Functioning in Cases of Infantile Hemiplegia

“…Perlstein and Sugar (1954) reported briefly on two hemispherectomies, one right and one left, for infantile hemiplegia; Sugar stated 'in communication with Dr. J. M. Nielsen, I learned that if the speech center is damaged before the age of 10, the child will recover his speech'. Uecker, French, and Johnson (1954) reported the results of psychological tests of hemispherectomy in seven epileptic hemiparetics, injured 'in infancy or early childhood'. They took particular care to eliminate practice effects by using different forms of tests on each occasion or by delaying retesting with identical tests: the results showed no marked losses following operation, and some improvement in the two patients whose pre-operative I.Q.s were near the average normal level.…”

Language and Reading in the Right Hemisphere: Highways or Byways of the Brain?

“…From this point on, the child's vocabulary increased rapidly and she was able to form sentences. Other reports of successful hemispherectomies for infantile hemiplegia followed (Uecker et al 1954;White 1961;Basser 1962;Uecki 1966;Ignetzi and Bucy 1968) as well as some less successful reports of hemispherectomies performed in response to glioma (Crockett and Estridge 1951;Gardner et al 1955). Intriguing to those who believed the left hemisphere essential to language function were reports of some limited functional speech in adults following left hemispherectomy (Zollinger 1935;Hillier 1954).…”

Clinical memory testing: A review.

“…Many of these references added little to our understanding of the scale itself. In some studies, the intent was to measure the effects of certain diseases or of medical interventions (Cameron, Sved, Solyom, Wainrib, & Barik, 1963;Kastl, Daroff, & Blocker, 1968;Levy, 1968;Mensh, Schwartz, Matarazzo, & Matarazzo, 19S2;Uecker, French, & Johnson, 1954;Victor, Talland, & Adams, 1959;Vitale, Steinhelber, Drake, & Dahlgren, 1969;Zamora & Kaelbling, 1965). With other studies, the WMS was included in a large battery of psychological tests of intellectual functioning (Dixon, 1965;Gilberstadt, 1968;Logue, Durward, Pratt, Piercy, & Nixon, 1968;Vitale et al, 1969).…”

The Effects of Hemispherectomy on Intellectual Functioning in Cases of Infantile Hemiplegia

“…Perlstein and Sugar (1954) reported briefly on two hemispherectomies, one right and one left, for infantile hemiplegia; Sugar stated 'in communication with Dr. J. M. Nielsen, I learned that if the speech center is damaged before the age of 10, the child will recover his speech'. Uecker, French, and Johnson (1954) reported the results of psychological tests of hemispherectomy in seven epileptic hemiparetics, injured 'in infancy or early childhood'. They took particular care to eliminate practice effects by using different forms of tests on each occasion or by delaying retesting with identical tests: the results showed no marked losses following operation, and some improvement in the two patients whose pre-operative I.Q.s were near the average normal level.…”

Language and Reading in the Right Hemisphere: Highways or Byways of the Brain?

“…From this point on, the child's vocabulary increased rapidly and she was able to form sentences. Other reports of successful hemispherectomies for infantile hemiplegia followed (Uecker et al 1954;White 1961;Basser 1962;Uecki 1966;Ignetzi and Bucy 1968) as well as some less successful reports of hemispherectomies performed in response to glioma (Crockett and Estridge 1951;Gardner et al 1955). Intriguing to those who believed the left hemisphere essential to language function were reports of some limited functional speech in adults following left hemispherectomy (Zollinger 1935;Hillier 1954).…”

Clinical memory testing: A review.

“…Many of these references added little to our understanding of the scale itself. In some studies, the intent was to measure the effects of certain diseases or of medical interventions (Cameron, Sved, Solyom, Wainrib, & Barik, 1963;Kastl, Daroff, & Blocker, 1968;Levy, 1968;Mensh, Schwartz, Matarazzo, & Matarazzo, 19S2;Uecker, French, & Johnson, 1954;Victor, Talland, & Adams, 1959;Vitale, Steinhelber, Drake, & Dahlgren, 1969;Zamora & Kaelbling, 1965). With other studies, the WMS was included in a large battery of psychological tests of intellectual functioning (Dixon, 1965;Gilberstadt, 1968;Logue, Durward, Pratt, Piercy, & Nixon, 1968;Vitale et al, 1969).…”

The Effects of Hemispherectomy on Intellectual Functioning in Cases of Infantile Hemiplegia

“…Perlstein and Sugar (1954) reported briefly on two hemispherectomies, one right and one left, for infantile hemiplegia; Sugar stated 'in communication with Dr. J. M. Nielsen, I learned that if the speech center is damaged before the age of 10, the child will recover his speech'. Uecker, French, and Johnson (1954) reported the results of psychological tests of hemispherectomy in seven epileptic hemiparetics, injured 'in infancy or early childhood'. They took particular care to eliminate practice effects by using different forms of tests on each occasion or by delaying retesting with identical tests: the results showed no marked losses following operation, and some improvement in the two patients whose pre-operative I.Q.s were near the average normal level.…”