A Comparison of Children with Epilepsy to an Age- and IQ-Matched Control Group on the Children's Memory Scale

Authors: Borden, Kristine¹; Burns, Thomas¹; O'Leary, Stephanie¹

Source: Child Neuropsychology (Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition: Section C), Volume 12, Number 3, June 2006 , pp. 165-172(8)

Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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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

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/09297040500276836

Affiliations: 1: Department of Neuropsychology, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia

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