Working memory and the identification of facial expression in patients with left frontal glioma

摘要: Patients with brain tumors may have cognitive dysfunctions including memory deterioration, such as working memory, that affect quality of life. This study was to explore the presence defects in and identification facial expressions patients left frontal glioma. case-control recruited 11 matched pairs healthy control subjects (mean age + standard deviation, 37.00+10.96 years vs 36.73+ +11.20 years; 7 male 4 female) from March through December 2011. The psychological tests contained estimate verbal/visual-spatial executive function, expressions. According paired samples analysis, there were no differences anxiety depression scores or intelligence quotients between 2 groups (P > .05). All indices Digit Span Test significantly worse than < .05), but Tapping did not differ patient groups. Of all Wisconsin Card Sorting (WCST) indexes, only Preservative Response different less accurate detecting angry (30.3% 57.6%; P .05) showed deficits other backward indexes associated emotion tumor size grade glioma had verbal ability identify anger. These resulted damage functional cortex regions, which roles these capabilities been confirmed. However, performance might be affected by emotional tumor-related factors.