The Assessment of cognitive function in epilepsy
By: editors, W. Edwin Dodson, Marcel Kinsbourne, Beat Hiltbrunner.
Contributors: Dodson, W. Edwin.; Kinsbourne, Marcel, 1931-; Hiltbrunner, Beat.; Epilepsy Foundation of America. Behavioral Sciences Initiative Group.
Publisher: Demos
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Epilepsy.; Epileptics -- Intelligence testing -- Data processing.; Cognition -- Testing.; Epilepsy -- Physiological aspects.; Neuropsychological tests.; Cognition Disorders -- diagnosis -- congresses.; Cognition Disorders -- etiology -- congresses.; Epilepsy -- complications -- congresses.
Genres: congresses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The workshop on which this volume was based was organized under the auspices of the Behavioral Sciences Initiative Group of the Continuing and Professional Education Committee of the Epilepsy Foundation of America"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Contributions of traditional assessment procedures to an understanding of the neuropsychology of epilepsy / Bruce P. Hermann; title: When is computer-assisted testing appropriate? / Carl B. Dodrill; title: Integrating computerized and traditional neuropsychological assessment techniques / Pamela J. Thompson; title: Validity of computerized testing : patient dysfunction and complaints versus measured changes / A.P. Aldenkamp ... [et al.]; title: Applications of computerized cognitive-motor measures to the assessment of psychoactive drugs / Michael G. Aman; title: Assessment of mental functions in patients with epilepsy : cognitive models and ecological constraints / Nicole von Steinbüchel and Ernst Pöppel; title: Computer-assisted neuropsychological assessment in patients with epilepsy / A.-L. Rugland, O. Henriksen, and H. Bjørnœs; title: Methods of detecting transitory cognitive impairment during epileptiform EEG discharges / C.D. Binnie; title: Statistical issues in the computerized assessment of cognitive function / Tony Johnson; title: Workshop. Assessing cognitive function in patients with epilepsy / M.D. Lezak.; title: (Cont.) Test selection and design for antiepileptic drug neurocognitive monitoring / Marcel Kinsbourne; title: Neuropsychological assessment of development compounds / Beat Hiltbrunner.