Brain responses to auditory oddball task in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: Quantitative analysis and correlation with neuropsychological assessment scores

Children with BCECTS have subtle cognitive dysfunction proved by significantly lower scores of verbal IQ and performance IQ subtests. The significantly smaller net diffuse alpha power ERD detected in children with epilepsy may be an electrophysiological indicator of disruptive brain activation in relation to cognitive attentional tasks; however, its correlation with neuropsychological tests was insignificant.