A neuropsychological model for the pre-surgical evaluation of children with focal-onset epilepsy: An integrated approach.

This review explores the complexities of pre-surgical neuropsychological assessment for children with focal-onset epilepsy. A model is proposed outlining a range of factors that potentially influence the neuropsychological formulation. These factors include a developmental, epilepsy, psychological and cognitive dimension, together with family and social context and intrinsic factors.

Developmental stage affects cognition in children with recently-diagnosed symptomatic focal epilepsy.

This study explored the impact of developmental stage on cognitive function in children with recently-diagnosed epilepsy. In keeping with a neurodevelopmental framework, skills in a critical developmental period were expected to be more vulnerable than those stable at the time of seizure onset. We studied children with early-onset (EO) symptomatic focal epilepsy (onset: 3-5 years; n=18) and compared their performance with that of the group with late-onset (LO) epilepsy (onset: 6-8 years performance of; n=8) on a range of cognitive tasks.

Changes in memory function in children and young adults with temporal lobe epilepsy: a follow-up study.

This longitudinal study explored change in memory function from childhood to young adulthood in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). The 24 participants (11 left TLE; 13 right TLE) had a mean age of 16.10 years (SD=4.

The Observer Memory Questionnaire-Parent Form: introducing a new measure of everyday memory for children.

Relatively little research has focused on everyday memory function in childhood, possibly reflecting the limited number of measures available. This study introduces the Observer Memory Questionnaire-Parent Form (OMQ-PF), which assesses parental beliefs about their child's everyday memory. The OMQ-PF and a selection of neuropsychological measures were administered to a cohort of healthy children in Study 1 (n = 376; 5-16 years old) and a temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) group in Study 2 (n = 44; 6-16 years old).

The localization and lateralization of memory deficits in children with temporal lobe epilepsy.

Purpose: It is often reported that children with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) experience nonlateralized memory impairments. However, many of these studies have been exploratory and not based on memory theory. Further, differences between mesial and lateral subgroups have not been adequately examined.