Studies how children with epilepsy learn skills without conscious effort
Observes implicit learning, a task-based skill learning ability, in children with epilepsy.
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Registry title: Implicit Learning in Epileptic Children
Key facts
- Where
- Bron, FranceSee the 3 sites
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 8 and 14 years old?
Source: NCT05285059, who can take part
Where in France
- Agathe Marcastel, PhDBron, FranceTaking people
- Dezso NemethBron, FranceNot yet recruiting
- Service d'Epileptologie Clinique, des Troubles du sommeil et de Neurologie fonctionnelle de l'enfant, à Hôpital Femme Mère et Enfant,Bron, FranceTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Trial code
- NCT05285059
- Record updated
- 7 May 2026
- Original description
Epileptic children suffer from impairments in various learning and memory tasks. Yet, no study investigated implicit learning in epileptic children. Implicit learning is not only underlying motor skills acquisition, but also social and cognitive ones. Because acquisition of new skills is optimal during childhood, the study of implicit learning mechanism in children is of major importance. The present study will be the first to explore implicit learning mechanisms in children with epilepsy. Implicit learning mechanisms can be preserved or altered.Read full original descriptionShow less
Implicit Learning in Epileptic Children
Epileptic children suffer from impairments in various learning and memory tasks. Yet, no study investigated implicit learning in epileptic children. Implicit learning is not only underlying motor skills acquisition, but also social and cognitive ones. Because acquisition of new skills is optimal during childhood, the study of implicit learning mechanism in children is of major importance. The present study will be the first to explore implicit learning mechanisms in children with epilepsy. Implicit learning mechanisms can be preserved or altered.
Inclusion: For Patient group only: Children with epilepsy; For Control group only: Children without neurological, psychiatric or developmental impairments; For both groups: Parent or tutors agreement; For both groups: Affiliated to French social security.
Exclusion: Neurological impairments unrelated to epilepsy; Psychiatric impairments unrelated to epilepsy; Developmental impairments unrelated to epilepsy.