Assessing Executive Function in Patients With Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Through a Game‐Based Assessment Task

Key Points

• This research aims to assess executive function in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy using a game-based task.
• Utilized a game-based assessment task (EFAT).
• Evaluated executive function in both social and nonsocial scenarios.
• Compared performance between temporal lobe epilepsy patients and normative data.
• Detected executive deficits in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
• Found deficits across both social and nonsocial conditions.
• Indicated potential for clinical use in assessing executive function.

Abstract