Abstract:

The role of a neuropsychological assessment in the routine care of children with epilepsy is to provide anobjective information of cognitiveand psychological function,whichcan provide clues tothe lateralization or localization of the function lesion and the epileptic zone. It’s aspecifialjob to evaluate the neuropsychological status for children with epilepsy. The
objective of this review is to introduce the neuropsycholoical assessment methods including a core set of cognitive and
psychological domains that should beassessed to provide an
objective account of intelligence quotient，attention，nonverbal cognitive function，executive function，somatosensory and motor function，memory function and Wada test，etc. Clinicians should be aware of the content of the core cognitive function screening.

Key words: neuropsychological assessment, epiepsy, surgery, child

摘要：

神经心理评估是儿童癫痫诊疗中的一项重要工作，可提供癫痫患儿认知功能、情绪及行为障碍的客观信息，有致痫灶或功能受损脑区的定侧及定位价值，癫痫儿童的神经心理评估具有特殊性，具体包括智商测试、注意力测试、非言语认知功能测试、执行功能测试、躯体功能测试、记忆功能及Wada试验等。临床医生应对其核心认知功能筛查内容有所了解。

关键词: 神经心理评估, 癫痫, 外科, 儿童