SynthesisNeuropsychology review2021
Working Memory in Pediatric Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mathematics Skills in Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Stereo-EEG mapping of visual working memory with task-related high-gamma modulations.Epilepsia · 2026Article
- Relationship between atypical language lateralization and cognition in pediatric patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy: role of working memory.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- The effects of amplitude modulated transcranial alternating current stimulation on working memory of college students.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Article
- Long-term characterization of cognitive phenotypes in children with seizures over 36 months.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2024Article
- How the Spreading and Intensity of Interictal Epileptic Activity Are Associated with Visuo-Spatial Skills in Children with Self-Limited Focal Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Alterations of Plasma Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Children with Refractory Epilepsies.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Working memory is a multicomponent system that is supported by overlapping specialized networks in the brain. Baddeley's working memory model includes four components: the phonological loop, visuo-spatial sketchpad, the central executive, and episodic buffer. The aim of this review was to establish the gravity and pattern of working memory deficits in pediatric epilepsy. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement guided electronic searches. Sixty-five studies were included in the review. Meta-analyses revealed significant impairments across each working memory component: phonological loop (g = 0.739), visuo-spatial sketchpad (g = 0.521), and central executive (g = 0.560) in children with epilepsy compared to controls. The episodic buffer was not examined. The pattern of impairments, however, differed according to the site and side of seizure focus. This suggests that working memory components are differentially vulnerable to the location of seizure focus in the developing brain.
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