Purpose: Given the high burden of epilepsy on both health‐related quality of life (HRQoL)
and costs, identification of factors that are predictive of either reduced HRQoL or increased …

The potential psychosocial sequelae of epilepsy are well-documented, but it cannot be
assumed that trajectories for quality of life (QOL) of people with epilepsy will inevitably follow …

Mitchell AJ, Kemp S, Benito-León J, Reuber M. The influence of cognitive impairment on
health-related quality of life in neurological disease. Background: Cognitive impairment is …

Neuropsychology plays a vital role in the treatment of epilepsy, providing information on the
effects of seizures on higher cortical functions through the measurement of behavioral …

Objective: To compare the cognitive effects of lamotrigine vs topiramate as adjunctive
therapy in adults with epilepsy. Methods: A multicenter, double-blind, randomized …

People with epilepsy frequently complain of poor memory. Although organic memory
impairment is one possible sequela of neuro-epilepsy variables, these complaints are not …

Testing of verbal fluency is currently part of standard presurgical neuropsychological
assessment for patients with focal epilepsy. However, to date no systematic review has been …

People with epilepsy of comparable severity may differ widely in quality of life (QOL),
suggesting a role for unexplored individual aspects. This study considered the possible role …

Recent work shows that vividly imagining oneself helping others in situations of need
(episodic simulation) increases one's willingness to help. The mechanisms underlying this …

PURPOSE: We report the cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Quality of
Life in Epilepsy-31 Inventory (QOLIE-31) for the Portuguese language and Brazilian culture …