Toward social neuropsychology of epilepsy: a meta-analysis on social cognition in epilepsy phenotypes and a critical narrative review on assessment methods

Table 2 Sample characteristics of studies comparing FLE patients versus HC

References	Sample characteristics Group size [mean age ± SD; Male:Female]	Social cognition subfunction
Farrant et al., 2005 [90]	FLE = 14 [34.36 ± 12.05; 6:8]	ER, ToM
Farrant et al., 2005 [90]	HC = 14 [35.79 ± 9.91; 6:8]	ER, ToM
Giovagnoli et al., 2011 [101]	FLE = 29 [35.77 ± 12.53; 11:18]	ToM
Giovagnoli et al., 2011 [101]	HC = 69 [52.03 ± 17.04; 29:40]	ToM
Giovagnoli et al., 2013 [42]	FLE = 12 [37.17 ± 13.41; 6:6]	ToM
Giovagnoli et al., 2013 [42]	HC = 42 [n.a. ± 12.61; 18:24] (age range: 40–64 y.)	ToM
Giovagnoli et al., 2020 [102]	FLE = 14 [34.36 ± 12.05; 6:8]	ToM
Giovagnoli et al., 2020 [102]	HC = 14 [35.79 ± 9.91; 6:8]	ToM
Javor et al., 2019 [103]	FLE = 15 [36 ± 8.10; 7:8]	ToM
Javor et al., 2019 [103]	HC = 15 [34.07 ± 6.05; 7:8]	ToM

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