Neuropsychological testing can determine the severity of the cognitive disfunction and most adults with epilepsy will end up being a candid for surgery.

neuropsychological involvement in surgeries for epilepsy 

typically the cognitive impairment is high functioning for the first 5-10 years but after 10 years, cognitive function decreases slowly for patients with epilepsy.

Epilepsy has an effect on multiple cognitive functions. Individuals with epilepsy score lower on cognitive function test than those individuals without epilepsy.

cognitive involvement in epilepsy in terms of neuropsychological studies 

Sayuthi, S., Tharakan, J., Pieter, M. S., Salmah, W. M., Madhavan, M., Tahir, A., & George, J. (2009). Neuropsychological assessment in epilepsy surgery - preliminary experience in a rural tertiary care hospital in north East malaysia. The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS, 16(1), 39–43.

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