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Patients were not evaluated during direct cortical stimulation; instead, assessments occurred during the resection itself. The real-time neuropsychological testing (RTNT) protocol employed tasks evaluating visuospatial and social cognition, administered repeatedly throughout the resection using varied items. Methods: A consecutive series of 24 patients (median age 44) performed RTNT. The aim of RTNT is to maintain high accuracy through resection. Lesions in the right temporal cortex and the subcortical white matter beneath can cause deficits; accordingly, not all of our patients had pre-surgery performance within the normal range. In this case, the aim of RTNT is to maintain the not perfect pre-surgery level. Results: We found a statistically significant between-tasks difference in the patients\u2019 median values (across RTNT runs), in their minimum score reached during resection, and in the delta between performance at the last vs. the first RTNT run. The tasks that varied belonged to visual\u2013spatial attention (landmark task), face processing (recognition of famous faces), and social cognition (theory of mind). The outcome was measured by pre- vs. post-surgery neuropsychological score comparison. The number of patients scoring below the normal range did not significantly differ between post- vs. pre-intervention. 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