[ABSTRACT] Cognitive dysfunctions have been scarcely studied in bipolar disorder compared to other psychiatric disorders. Therapeutic efforts have been focused more on clinical issues, despite persistent cognitive deficits showed by a significant subgroup of bipolar patients, even in euthymic state. Several factors have been associated to cognitive impairment such as chronicity, frequency of relapses, subclinical symptomatology, and pharmacological treatment, among others. Recent research sugges