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Pnes: Neuropsychological Impairments & Psychological Symptomatology, Adriana Macias
Pnes: Neuropsychological Impairments & Psychological Symptomatology, Adriana Macias
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The present study utilized a standardized neuropsychological evaluation and self report measures to compare 52 female patients, 18 years of age and older with a video-electroencephalogram (V-EEG) confirmed diagnosis of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) (n1=29) to a group of left temporal lobe epilepsy (L-TLE) demographically matched patients (n2=23). In an attempt to overcome methodological confounds of previously reported studies, participants were chosen based on stringent exclusion criteria, which barred mixed etiologies. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible differences in neuropsychological functioning, mood, and personality characteristics between individuals with PNES and those with L-TLE. …