Social Cognition in Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsies and Nonlesional Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Table 4

Statistical value of the Mann–Whitney test scores attained in social cognition evaluation tests.

	IGE vs. HC			C-TLE vs. HC			C-TLE vs. IGE
	value^a		Effect size	value		Effect size	value		Effect size
Faux Pas Test
Exclusion of nonfaux pas	0.133	226	0.05	0.892	283	0.000	0.315	244.000	0.021
Recognition on faux pas	0.002	150.5	0.19	0.010	169.500	0.142	0.933	284.000	0.000
First question	<0.001	114.500	0.29	<0.001	115.500	0.293	0.983	287.000	0.000
Second question	<0.001	74.000	0.43	<0.001	102.500	0.326	0.975	286.500	0.000
Third question	<0.001	93.000	0.35	<0.001	52.00	0.519	0.068	200.500	0.071
Fourth question	<0.001	70.500	0.44	<0.001	66.00	0.465	0.816	277.00	0.001
Total comprehension	<0.001	54.500	0.49	<0.001	47.500	0.526	0.358	243.500	0.017
Social Situation test
Normative behaviors	0.017	176.500	0.120	0.001	130.00	0.238	0.031	240.500	0.021
Violations	0.52	258.500	0.008	0.014	171.00	0.127	0.046	192.500	0.084
Severity of violations	0.51	256.00	0.009	0.018	173.00	0.119	0.042	189.500	0.088
Moral/Conventional Distinction Test
Recognition of moral rules	0.317	276.00	0.021	0.317	276.00	0.021	1.000	288.00	0
Recognition of the severity of disregard of moral rules	0.843	278.500	0.000	0.436	250.500	0.012	0.706	270.00	0.003
Recognition of moral rules in the absence of expressed norms	0.942	285.500	0.000	0.650	273.00	0.004	0.596	270.500	0.005
Recognition of conventional rules	0.468	261.500	0.011	0.942	285.500	0.000	0.530	265.00	0.008
Recognition of the severity of disregard of conventional rules	0.445	251.00	0.012	0.687	268.500	0.003	0.392	246.500	0.015
Recognition of conventional rules in the absence of expressed norms	0.604	264.00	0.005	0.687	269.500	0.003	0.393	249.00	0.015
Empathy Questionnaire	0.457	252.00	0.011	0.375	245.000	0.016	0.844	278.500	0.001

Abbreviations: Symbol “” marks significant correlations . IGE = idiopathic generalized epilepsies; C-TLE = cryptogenic temporal lobe epilepsy; HC = healthy controls. ^a.