Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the brain. Memory complaints are extremely frequent among patients with epilepsy. There are a number of reasons for this: seizures can directly affect the brain in ways that disturb memory; epilepsy often results from trouble in brain regions closely linked to memory; the treatment of epilepsy can affect memory; epilepsy can cause psychological problems, like depression, which interfere with memory. The study of
epilepsy and the study of human memory are interwoven. This book comprehensively reviews all aspects of the relationship between this common and potentially serious neurological
disorder and memory, one of the core functions of the human mind. The authors, acknowledged experts in their fields, review the history of the subject, the clinical features of memory disorder in epilepsy, neuropsychological, neuroradiological, neuropathological and electrophysiological findings, the roles of anticonvulsant side effects and psychiatric disorder, and the scope for memory support and rehabilitation. The study of patients with epilepsy has told us much about the workings of
memory, yet there has been no recent review of this fertile field of research. The book is therefore valuable new addition to the brain sciences literature, and will be of wide interest to clinicians and
basic researchers in the brain sciences.