A comparison of visual- imaginative memory of children epilepsy with that of healthy according to Andrerys complex Figure test

One of the main issues in Neuropsychology is the linkage between the cerebral cortex and higher mental functions. For example, it studies the damages to the brain levels in patients with epilepsy and its different impact on higher functions of brain. And since among all mental features, the memory is the most fragile and subtle, present study focuses on review and comparison of visual and imaginative memory between epilepsy patients and healthy group. One hundred and four subjects (52 persons in patients group and 52 others in the control group) participated in this study. They were asked to draw the image of Andre Rey that includes two stages of copying and representing. Different methods were used for analyzing the research Data, including statistical frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, ANOVA, t-test and Pearson's unity ratio.The study Results proved that visual -imaginative memory in patients with epilepsy is weaker than normal group. Yet there was no meaningful difference in the rate of visual memory scores between the three groups of patients with different kinds of epilepsy including temporal, frontal and parietal lobe. Furthermore, compared to the older patients, younger epilepsy patients had lower scores in Andre Rey complex visual test.