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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY ADVANCES IN BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY Editorial Board Jan Bures Institute of Physiology, Prague, Czech Republic Irwin Kopin National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland Bruce McEwen Rockefeller University, New York, New York Karl Pribram Radford University, Radford, Virginia Jay Rosenblatt Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey Lawrence Weiskranz University of Oxford, Oxford, England Recent Volumes in This Series Volume 37 KINDLING 4 Edited by Juhn A. Wada Volume 38A BASIC, CLINICAL, AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S DISEASES, Volume 1 Edited by Toshiharu Nagatsu, Abraham Fisher, and Mitsuo Yoshida Volume 38B BASIC, CLINICAL, AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S DISEASES, Volume 2 Edited by Toshiharu Nagatsu, Abraham Fisher, and Mitsuo Yoshida Volume 39 THE BASAL GANGLIA III Edited by Giorgio Bernardi, Malcolm B. Carpenter, Gaetano Di Chiara, Micaela Morelli, and Paolo Stanzione Volume 40 TREATMENT OF DEMENTIAS: A New Generation of Progress Edited by Edwin M. Meyer, James W. Simpkins, Jyunji Yamamoto, and Fulton T. Crews Volume 41 THE BASAL GANGLIA IV: New Ideas and Data on Structure and Function Edited by Gérard Percheron, John S. McKenzie, and Jean Féger Volume 42 CALLOSAL AGENESIS: A Natural Split Brain? Edited by Maryse Lassonde and Malcolm A. Jeeves Volume 43 NEUROTRANSMITTERS IN THE HUMAN BRAIN Edited by David J. Tracey, George Paxinos, and Jonathan Stone Volume 44 ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S DISEASES: Recent Developments Edited by Israel Hanin, Mitsuo Yoshia, and Abraham Fisher Volume 45 EPILEPSY AND THE CORPUS CALLOSUM 2 Edited by Alexander G. Reeves and David W. Roberts Volume 46 BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE BLOOD–BRAIN BARRIER: Transport, Cellular Interactions, and Brain Pathologies Edited by Pierre-Olivier Couraud and Daniel Scherman Volume 47 THE BASAL GANGLIA IV Edited by Chihoto Ohye, Minoru Kimura, and John S. McKenzie Volume 48 KINDLING 5 Edited by Michael E. Corcoran and Solomon Moshé Volume 49 PROGRESS IN ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S DISEASES Edited by Abraham Fisher, Israel Hanin, and Mitsuo Yoshida Volume 50 NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY Edited by Isabelle Jambaqué, Maryse Lassonde, and Olivier Dulac A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY Edited by Isabelle Jambaqué Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul Paris, France Maryse Lassonde Universite de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Olivier Dulac Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul Paris, France KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBook ISBN: 0-306-47612-6 Print ISBN: 0-306-46522-1 ©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2001 Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers New York All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: http://kluweronline.com and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://ebooks.kluweronline.com CONTRIBUTORS Albert P. Aldenkamp, Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Amsterdam, and Department of Behavioral Science and Psychological Services, Epilepsy Centre, Kempenhaeghe, P.O. Box 6I, NL-5590 A.B. Heeze, The Netherlands Sophie Bayard, Groupe de Recherche en Neuropsychologie Expérimentale, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3J7, Canada Yezekiel Ben-Ari, INMED Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 29, Avenue de Luminy, B.P. 13, 13273 Marseille Cedex 09, France Rebecca L. Billingsley, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada, and Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada Daniela Brizzolara, Dipartimento di Medicina della Procreazione e dell’Età Evolutiva, Univer- sity of Pisa, IRCSS Stella Maris, Via dei Giacinti 2, 56018 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy Paola Brovedani, Dipartimento di Medicina della Procreazione e dell’Età Evolutiva, Univer- sity of Pisa, IRCSS Stella Maris, Via dei Giacinti 2, 56018 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy Christine Bulteau, Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Den- fert Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France, and INSERM U169, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 16 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94800 Villejuif, France Claudia Casalini, Dipartimento di Medicina della Procreazione e dell’Età Evolutiva, Univer- sity of Pisa, IRCSS Stella Maris, Via dei Giacinti 2, 56018 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy Catherine Cassé-Perrot, Centre Saint-Paul, 300 Boulevard Sainte Marguerite, 13009 Mar- seille, France Esper A. Cavalheiro, Neurologia Experimental, UNIFESP-EPM, Rua Botucatu, 862, 04023- 900 São Paulo, SP, Brazil Catherine Chiron, INSERM U29, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Denfert Roche- reau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France, and Service Hospitalier Fréderic Joliot, Département de Recherche Médicale, Centre à l’Énergie Atomique, Orsay, France Francine Cyr, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre- Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3J7, Canada v vi Contributors Elaine De Guise, Groupe de Recherche en Neuropsychologie Expérimentale, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3J7, Canada Georges Dellatolas, INSERM U169, Hôpital Paul Brousse, 16 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94800 Villejuif, France Thierry Deonna, CHUV, Neuropediatric Unit, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1101 Lausanne, Switzerland Anne de Saint-Martin, INSERM U398, Clinique Neurologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67091 Strasbourg, France, and Service de Pédiatrie 1, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 67098 Strasbourg, France Charlotte Dravet, Centre Saint-Paul, 300 Boulevard Sainte Marguerite, 13009 Marseille, France Olivier Dulac, Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France Connie C. Duncan, Section on Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, LBC, National Institute of Mental Health, 15 North Drive, MSC 2668, Bethesda, MD 20892-2668, USA, and Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20514-4799, USA Jean-Luc Gaïarsa, INMED Institute National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 29, Avenue de Luminy, B.P. 13, 13273 Marseille Cedex 09, France Antoinette Gelot, Unité de Neuropathologie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Den- fert Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France Guy Geoffroy, Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, 3175, Ch. Côte Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Qué., H3T 1C5, Canada Rienzo Guerrini, Dipartimento di Medicina della Procreazione e dell’Età Evolutiva, Univer- sity of Pisa, IRCSS Stella Maris, Via dei Giacinti 2, 56018 Calambrone (Pisa), Italy Jean-Paul Guillemot, Groupe de Recherche en Neuropsychologie Expérimentale, Départe- ment de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3J7, Canada, and Département de Kinanthropologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3P8, Canada Christoph Helmstaedter, University Clinic of Epileptology Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany Ann Hempel, Minnesota Epilepsy Group, P.A., 310 Smith Avenue, N., Suite 300, St. Paul, MN 55102-2383, USA Maria Teresa Hernandez, Groupe de Recherche en Neuropsychologie Expérimentale, Dépar- tement de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3J7, Canada Lucie Hertz-Pannier, Service Hospitalier Fréderic Joliot, Department of Medical Research, CEA, Orsay, France, and Pediatric Radiology Department, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Ma- lades, 149 Rue De Sèvres, 75143 Paris Cedex 15, France Edouard Hirsch, INSERM U398, Clinique Neurologique, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Stras- bourg, 67091 Strasbourg, France Contributors vii Isabelle Jambaqué, Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France Anna Kaminska, Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 82 Avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France Virginie Kieffer-Renaux, Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 82 Ave- nue Denfert Rochereau, 75674 Paris Cedex 14, France Maryse Lassonde, Groupe de Recherche en Neuropsychologie Expérimentale, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3J7, Canada João Pereira Leite, Departamento de Neurologica, Psiquiatria et Psicologia, Faculdade de Medicine de Ribeirão Preto-USP, Av Bandeirantes 3900, Campus Universitário, 14049- 900 Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil Michael Lendt, University Clinic of Epileptology Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany Franco Lepore, Groupe de Recherche en Neuropsychologie Expérimentale, Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qué., H3C 3J7, Canada Miriam Levav, Section on Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, LBC, National Insti- tute of Mental Health, 15 North Drive, MSC 2668,