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    • Epilepsy can affect cognitive functions beyond seizure activity.
    • Neuropsychological assessment is crucial for understanding cognitive deficits in epilepsy.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate specific cognitive dysfunctions in epileptic patients with normal intelligence.
    • To identify the impact of attention deficits on cognitive performance in epilepsy.

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    • Utilized the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and the Token Test.
    • Assessed patients with epilepsy and normal general intellectual ability.

    Main Results:

    • Epileptic patients demonstrated difficulties in visual-spatial and auditory-verbal cognitive processing.
    • Impaired sustained and focused attention significantly correlated with poorer performance on cognitive tasks.

    Conclusions:

    • Epilepsy is associated with specific cognitive impairments even in intellectually normal individuals.
    • Attention deficits are a key factor influencing cognitive dysfunction in epilepsy, affecting tasks requiring vigilance and sensory discrimination.