Brain games reveal why epilepsy patients skip meds
NCT ID NCT02441478
First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 15, 2026 · Updated 27 times
Summary
This study looked at why people with frontal lobe epilepsy sometimes don't take their medication as prescribed. Researchers used a simple economic game (the prisoner's dilemma) and brain scans to compare cooperative behavior between 30 epilepsy patients and healthy volunteers. The goal was to see if brain changes in frontal lobe epilepsy affect cooperation and medication adherence.
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Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lyon, 69002, France
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