A comparison of children with epilepsy to an age- and IQ-matched control group on the Children's Memory Scale.

Full Abstract

Past research has found that children with epilepsy exhibit decreased memory skills. In addition, some studies have found that children with epilepsy obtain significantly lower IQ scores than controls. In an effort to examine whether children with epilepsy have specific memory weaknesses versus global cognitive difficulties, the present study compared the performance of 62 children (age range = 6-16 years). Thirty-one children with epilepsy were compared to 31 age- and IQ-matched controls on the Children's Memory Scale (CMS) to determine whether differences in memory skills persist when IQ is matched. An independent t-test comparing index and scaled scores was performed. The results indicated that with the exception of the Word Pairs subtest (p < .01), children with epilepsy did not differ significantly on the CMS subtests when IQ was matched. This suggests that list-learning paradigms may be particularly sensitive to memory impairments in children with epilepsy and/or that children with epilepsy have more global cognitive impairments.

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Author information

Author/s: Borden, Kristine A (KA); Burns, Thomas G (TG); O'Leary, Stephanie D (SD);

Affiliation: Department of Neuropsychology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. kristineborden(-atsign-)hotmail.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Child neuropsychology : a journal on normal and abnormal development in childhood and adolescence (Child Neuropsychol), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 12 (issue 3) : pp 165-72

Dates: Created 2006/07/13; Completed 2006/10/04; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 16837392, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adolescent
Child
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; psychology
Epilepsy - complications; psychology
Female
Humans
Intelligence

Intelligence
Male
Memory Disorders - diagnosis; psychology
Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data
Paired-Associate Learning
Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data
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