Effect of selective attention on recollection and familiarity in recognition memory tasks: differential characteristics in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy with and without a history of déjà vu

Abstract

The most widely accepted contemporary explanation to define the phenomenon of déjà vu revolves around the processes of familiarity and recognition. This theoretical model is based on characteristics that define this experience in healthy subjects and in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy Objective: The main objective of this work is to determine the relationship between phenomenon of familiarity and phenomenon of recall according to the presence or absence of a history of déjà vu in patients with TLE and determine its correlation with sustained attention scores Design: Observational, cross-sectional analytical study, which will be assessed the cognitive functions of attention and recognition in subjects TLE DV + and DV-, through the Ruff 2 & 7 Test and Remmember-Know Task instruments