Memory complaints in epilepsy: An examination of the role of mood and illness perceptions.

Unlabelled: The study examined the role of mood and illness perceptions in explaining the variance in the memory complaints of patients with epilepsy.

Method: Forty-four patients from an outpatient tertiary care center and 43 volunteer controls completed a formal assessment of memory and a verbal fluency test, as well as validated self-report questionnaires on memory complaints, mood, and illness perceptions.

Results: In hierarchical multiple regression analyses, objective memory test performance and verbal fluency did not contribute significantly to the variance in memory complaints for either patients or controls.

Cognitive estimation: Performance of patients with focal frontal and posterior lesions.

The Cognitive Estimation Test (CET) is a widely used test to investigate estimation abilities requiring complex processes such as reasoning, the development and application of appropriate strategies, response plausibility checking as well as general knowledge and numeracy (e.g., Shallice and Evans, 1978; MacPherson et al.