Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Quotes & Sayings

There's a part of the human brain, the temporal lobe, that is associated with religious experiences as well as with epilepsy. — Ken MacLeod

Dissociative symptoms - primarily depersonalization and derealization - are elements in other DSM-IV disorders, including schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder, and in the neurologic syndrome of temporal lobe epilepsy, also called complex partial seizures. In this latter disorder, there are often florid symptoms of depersonalization and realization, but most amnesia symptoms derive from difficulties with focused attention rather than forgetting previously learned information. — James A. Chu