Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are impaired at place learning but not cued-navigation in a virtual Morris water task

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-94

  Hamilton, Derek A ^a   Kodituwakku, Piyadasa ^b   Sutherland, Robert J ^c   Savage, Daniel D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Center on Alcoholism   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Hippocampus; Place learning; Spatial navigation; Virtual Morris water task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MOTIVATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0038690496     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00028-7     Document Type: Article

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