Executive functioning in children with intractable frontal lobe or temporal lobe epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-108

  Longo, Carmelinda A ^a   Kerr, Elizabeth N ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Cognitive flexibility; Executive function; Frontal lobe epilepsy; Intractable epilepsy; Problem solving; Verbal fluency; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84871611072     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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