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ArticleEpilepsy & behavior : E&B2016

The impact of bilingualism on working memory in pediatric epilepsy.

Amy L Veenstra, Jeffrey D Riley, Lauren E Barrett, Michael G Muhonen, Mary Zupanc, Jonathan E Romain, Jack J Lin, Grace Mucci

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Amy L VeenstraDepartment of Pediatric Psychology, CHOC Children's Hospital, USA. Electronic address: aveenstra@choc.org.
Jeffrey D RileyDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, USA.
Lauren E BarrettDepartment of Pediatric Psychology, CHOC Children's Hospital, USA.
Michael G MuhonenNeuroscience Institute, CHOC Children's Hospital, USA.
Mary ZupancNeuroscience Institute, CHOC Children's Hospital, USA.
Jonathan E RomainDepartment of Pediatric Psychology, CHOC Children's Hospital, USA.
Jack J LinDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, USA.
Grace MucciDepartment of Pediatric Psychology, CHOC Children's Hospital, USA.

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Early-onset epilepsy and genetics influence white matter tracts and cognitionK23NS060993 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI LIN, JACK J · 2009 to 2013
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NINDS NIH HHS K23 NS060993
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Abstract

Impairments in executive skills broadly span across multiple childhood epilepsy syndromes and can adversely affect quality of life. Bilingualism has been previously shown to correlate with enhanced executive functioning in healthy individuals. This study sought to determine whether the bilingual advantage in executive functioning exists in the context of pediatric epilepsy. We retrospectively analyzed neuropsychological data in 52 children with epilepsy and compared executive function scores in monolingual versus bilingual children with epilepsy while controlling for socioeconomic status and ethnicity. Bilingual children performed significantly better on the Working Memory Index than did monolingual children. There were no significant differences on the remaining executive function variables. The bilingual advantage appears to persist for working memory in children with epilepsy. These findings suggest that bilingualism is potentially a protective variable in the face of epilepsy-related working memory dysfunction.

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Memory, Short-TermMultilingualismAdolescentChildEpilepsyEthnicityExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsTrail Making TestWechsler ScalesBilingualismEpilepsyExecutive functioningWorking memory

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PMID26720703
PMCPMC4747854

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