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We wish to respond to a significant error, both of fact and attribution, in a review article recently published in the ARCHIVES.¹ In a section titled "Role of the EEG and Structural and Functional Imaging," the author states: "For example, slow focal activity with or without accompanying sharp waves from the temporal lobes (especially the left) that are increased by drowsiness is seen in as many as 40% of controls older than 60 years." This is a reference to an article written by us² but nowhere in this publication do we make such a statement. Independent of the incorrect attribution, the statement itself is seriously erroneous. The occurrence of intermittent focal slowing, especially in the left temporal region, was first reported by Silverman et al³ in 1955 and described in 43% of 90 healthy volunteers older than 60 years of age. However, more recent studies in which patients have been . . . [Full Text of this Article]