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Cognitive Function during Absence Seizures
Author(s) -
Sengoku Akira,
Kanazawa Osamu,
Kawai Itsuo,
Yamaguchi Toshio
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1988.tb01355.x
Subject(s) - cognition , electroencephalography , neuroscience , psychology , audiology , epilepsy , medicine
Summary One patient with frequent spike‐waves in EEG was studied by a neuropsychologicaI test. The spike‐waves caused an obvious prolongation of cognitive processing. This delay was considered to be caused not only by motor inhibition but also by impaired cognitive function.