Epilepsy and Cognition

Epilepsy and Cognition

Many patients with epilepsy have some degree of cognitive impairment. The likelihood is increased for patients diagnosed with epilepsy during childhood. Active childhood epilepsy is associated with deficits in working memory, processing speed, and overall global cognitive impairment. In children, cognitive deficits translate into learning disabilities. Many factors influence cognitive function ...

Epilepsy and Cognition in Childhood*

Idiopathic epilepsies in childhood normally appear at well distinct, characteristic ages and normally tend to disappear in most of the cases or to respond well to antiepileptic treatment without impairing the development of the child – this is the reason why they can be considered to have a good prognosis. Nevertheless an active epilepsy is able to take influence on congnitive networks, such as...

Social Cognition in Epilepsy

There is a paucity of research which has investigated social cognition in epilepsy, this is surprising given the abundance of evidence that exists in relation to the difficulties that people with epilepsy (PWE) have in relation to social functioning (McCagh et al., 2009). The study of social cognition in epilepsy will lead to a greater understanding of the social cognitive deficits of the epile...

Cognition in childhood-onset epilepsy.

In 1986, Ellenberg et al.2 reported that the IQ of a population based cohort of children with epilepsy at age 7 did not differ significantly from that of their siblings and that there was no decline between age 4 and 7. While there is still controversy whether there is any cognitive deterioration in most children, it has been increasingly recognized that, while the prognosis for seizure remissi...

Erratum: Cognition and Behavior in Childhood Epilepsy.