title: Some psychological correlates of generalized and focal epilepsy in children.
abstract: School-aged children with two types of epilepsy, generalized and focal, were compared with normal children of the same age, sex, and IQ on measures of cognitive style, attention, motor control, and behavioral pathology. Epileptic children were found to employ less efficient cognitive strategies and to have longer reaction times and poorer control of fine motor movements than have normal children. Children with generalized epilepsy were more impaired than were normal children when sustained motor performance was required. Mothers of children with generalized epilepsy reported more behavior problems than did control mothers on an objective checklist. These results suggest special educational methods for the treatment and education of epileptic children.
authors.affiliation: The McGill University, USA.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Lowry
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Campbell