Impact of Executive Functions and Language on Social Cognition in Pediatric Epilepsy

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Diagnostic test
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The purpose of this study is to investigate the development of social cognition skills in pediatric epilepsy compared to healthy children. There are evidences indicating that children with epilepsy have executive dysfunctions and language problems. Executive functions refer to multiple cognitive processes that contribute to human higher order abilities, such as purposeful and future-orientated behavior. Moreover, the literature regarding development of non epileptic children, with ordinary development indicates that executive functions and language are linked to the emergence of social cognition. Then, the investigators asked if children with epilepsy, as they commonly present executive dysfunctions, would show an atypical development of social cognition. Children with epilepsy and a control group of healthy volunteers will be compared to identify relationships between executive functions, language and social cognition.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 6
Maximum Age: 12
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• exposed children : children aged 6-12 with a diagnosis of epilepsy French native speaker

• A control group of age-matched children who meet patient selection criteria with the exception of the epilepsy will also be sought

Locations
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France
Chu Reims
RECRUITING
Reims
Contact Information
Primary
Melanie Jennesson Lyver
mjennesson-lyver@chu-reims.fr
3 26 78 78 99
Time Frame
Start Date: 2020-02-02
Estimated Completion Date: 2027-01-19
Participants
Target number of participants: 96
Treatments
Experimental: pediatric epilepsy children
Active_comparator: healthy children
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: CHU de Reims

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