Impairments of number processing induced by prenatal alcohol exposure

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1187-1196

  Kopera Frye, Karen ^a   Dehaene, Stanislas ^b   Streissguth, Ann P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive deficits; Cognitive estimation; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Number processing; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRITING;

EID: 0030561170     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00043-7     Document Type: Article

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