Research at the University of Bath has found a previously undiscovered link between epileptic seizures and signs of autism in adults.

Dr SallyAnn Wakeford, from the university's Department of Psychology, revealed that adults with epilepsy were more likely to have higher traits of autism and Asperger's syndrome.

Characteristics of autism, which include impairment in social interaction and communication as well as restricted and repetitive interests, can be severe and go unnoticed for many years, having tremendous impact on the lives of those who have them.

The research found that epileptic seizures disrupt the neurological function which affects social functioning in the brain, resulting in the same traits seen in autism.

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Dr Wakeford said: "The social difficulties in epilepsy have been so far under-diagnosed, and research has not uncovered any underlying theory to explain them.

"This new research links social difficulties to a deficit in somatic markers in the brain, explaining these characteristics in adults with epilepsy."

Dr Wakeford and her colleagues discovered that having increased autistic traits was common to all epilepsy types, however, this was more pronounced for adults with what is called temporal lobe epilepsy.