Psychomotor function in children with epilepsy seen at a tertiary hospital in southern Nigeria: does treatment with anti-epileptic drugs have any effect?

Table 2 Psychomotor performance of children with epilepsy and controls

Test (dominant hand)	CWE	Controls	F	p
Auditory reaction time^α	493.3 (156.5)	393.0 (80.6)	28.983	< 0.001*
Visual reaction time^α	474.0 (143.7)	364.1 (96.5)	38.118	< 0.001*
Tapping task^β	49.2 (8.0)	45.2 (19.4)	4.987	0.026*

*Significant at p < 0.05; α—lower values indicate better performance; β—higher values indicate better performance