Neural Correlates of Cognition and Mood

Patients recruited for this study have already undergone surgical implantation of invasive electrodes for purpose of localizing and characterizing electrographic seizures as part of the second phase of surgical epilepsy evaluation. Patients who consent and complete enrollment will then be asked to complete cognitive and behavioral tasks on a portable computer or tablet PC while the invasive electrodes remain implanted. Tasks typically require the patient to think or act and then respond by interacting minimally with the portable computer. These tasks are performed at the will of each patient during their stay in the intensive care unit while surgical electrodes remain.