van den Berg Lydia, de Weerd Al, Reuvekamp Marieke, Hagebeuk Eveline, van der Meere Jaap
Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Zwolle, Netherlands.
Faculteit Clinical and developmental neuropsychology, Faculty behavioral science, University of Groningen, Netherlands.
Appl Neuropsychol Child. 2021 Apr;10(2):101-110. doi: 10.1080/21622965.2019.1611431. Epub 2019 May 15.
Thirty-two children with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) were assessed using different working memory measures. In addition, parents and teachers completed the working memory scale of the Behavioral Rating Inventory of Executive Functioning (BRIEF) to assess the children's "daily life behavior." Results suggested minimal working memory deficits as assessed with performance-based measures. However, the BRIEF showed more working memory deficits suggesting that, on a daily life level, working memory problems seem to be associated with FLE. We discuss why the results of the performance-based measures are not consistent with results of the BRIEF.HighlightsParents as well as teachers report working memory dysfunction in daily life to the same extent.Performance based measures show minimal deficits of working memory.Correlation between working memory tasks and proxy measures are low.
