Authors' appointments;
Acknowledgements;
Foreword Jean Aicardi;
1. Introduction;
2. Cognitive effects of epilepsy: epilepsy as a non-paroxysmal disorder and the concept of 'cognitive epilepsies';
3. Epilepsy in the developing brain;
4. Epilepsy and cognitive functions: identifying the direct effects of epilepsy;
5. Epilepsy and cognition functions: the other variables;
6. Cognitive and behavioural problems in childhood epilepsies: a literature review - what can it tell us about the direct role of epilepsy?;
7. Childhood neuropsychology (developmental cognitive neuropsychology) in the context of epilepsy;
8. Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in specific epileptic syndromes or epileptic conditions;
9. Epileptic cognitive dysfunction in some specific brain pathologies;
10. Epilepsy surgery in children: an opportunity to study the direct role of epilepsy in cognitive disturbances;
11. Epilepsy and mental retardation: the role of epilepsy;
12. Developmental disorders and epilepsy;
13. Neuropsychological evaluation of cognitive-behavioural effects of epilepsy in children;
14. Practical clinical issues in diagnosis and antiepileptic drug therapy;
15. Psychological and educational aspects: special implications for epilepsies with cognitive manifestations;
16. Adult outcome of childhood epilepsies with 'cognitive' epileptic manifestations: unexpected lessons from follow-up studies;
17. Conclusions or summary (for those who only read summaries);
List of case studies;
References;
Index.