Sense of control, selective attention and cognitive inhibition in pediatric functional seizures: A prospective case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To date, laboratory-based experimental behavioral methods have not been used to identify factors associated with pediatric functional seizures (FS), leaving a critical gap for effective treatment development.

Methods

Children ages 13-18 with video-EEG-confirmed FS were matched to controls (MCs) based on income, sex, race, and age. A modified Stroop task which included a condition requiring participants to report the ink colors in which seizure symptom words were written (e.g., "shaking" in blue) measured selective attention and cognitive inhibition through response time. The magic and turbulence task assessed sense of control in three conditions (magic, lag, turbulence). Children with FS were asked to report premonitory symptoms predicting FS.

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SUBMITTER: Stager L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9081274 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature