title: Accuracy of clinical neuropsychological versus statistical prediction in the classification of seizure types.
abstract: Many studies have reported on the pattern of neuropsychological test performance across varied seizure diagnosis populations. Far fewer studies have evaluated the accuracy of the clinical neuropsychologist in formulating an impression of the seizure diagnosis based on results of neuropsychological assessment, or compared the accuracy of clinical neuropsychological judgment to results of statistical prediction. Accuracy of clinical neuropsychological versus statistical prediction was investigated in four seizure classification scenarios. While both methods outperformed chance, accuracy of clinical neuropsychological classification was either equivalent or superior to statistical prediction. Results support the utility and validity of clinical neuropsychological judgment in epilepsy treatment settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Utah State University, UT, USA.
authors.forename: Jamison D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Fargo
authors.forename: Bruce K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Schefft
authors.forename: Jerzy P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Szaflarski
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Howe
authors.forename: Hwa-Shain
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Privitera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008950:MMPI / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012640:Seizures / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity