Table 4 Results of studies comparing epilepsy subgroups
References | Subfunction: group comparison | Results | Effect size d (= hedge’s g), [95% CI] |
|---|---|---|---|
Broicher et al., 2012a [18] | ER: TLE vs eTLE/eFLE | TLE patients performed significantly worse than the eTLE/eFLE group in the sub-score Emotion Recognition Quotient of the comprehensive affect testing system (CATS) without further significant differences (tendency: TLE < eTLE/eFLE) | d = 0.50 [-0.16; 1.16] |
ToM: TLE vs eTLE/eFLE | No significant differences among the tasks between TLE and eTLE/eFLE patients (tendency: TLE < eTLE/eFLE) | d = 0.48 [-0.17; 1.15] | |
Realmuto et al., 2015 [88] | ER: TLE vs eTLE/eFLE | No significant differences between TLE and eTLE/eFLE patients (tendency: TLE > eTLE/eFLE) | d = -0.04 [-0.68; 0.60] |
ToM: TLE vs eTLE/eFLE | No significant differences between TLE and eTLE/eFLE (tendency: TLE < eTLE/eFLE) | d = 0.20 [-0.44; 0.84] | |
Reynders et al., 2005 [89] | ER: TLE vs eTLE/eFLE | TLE patients with “ictal fear”, but not those without “ictal fear”, performed significantly worse in the recogntition of fear test in comparison to the eTLE/eFLE group, without further significant differences (recognition of basic emotions) | d = 0.42 [-0.33; 1.16] |
Schacher et al., 2006 [43] | ToM: TLE vs eTLE/eFLE | Patients with TLE performed significantly worse than those with eTLE/eFLE | n.a. |
Giovagnoli et al., 2011 [101] | ToM: FLE vs TLE | FLE patients had significantly impaired social faux-pas recognition compared to TLE patients | d = 0.31 [-0.10; 0.72] |
Giovagnoli et al., 2013 [42] | ToM: FLE vs TLE | Numerically, TLE performed worse than FLE patients, although the differences were not statistically significant | d = -0.11 [-0.74; 0.52] |