Behavioral and <scp>fMRI</scp> responses to fearful faces are altered in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS)

Abstract

Our study suggests that BCECTS is associated with altered social cognition network and function, particularly for the identification of fearful faces. The age dependency of some of these findings supports the view that a delayed maturation of spiking cortical regions might underlie the cognitive dysfunction observed in BCECTS.