Attention and material-specific memory in children with lateralized epilepsy

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-42

  Engle, Jennifer A ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention rehabilitation; Cognitive rehabilitation; Pediatric epilepsy; Verbal memory; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; SPATIAL MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 71549118208     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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