Head size and intelligence, learning, nutritional status and brain development: Head, IQ, learning, nutrition and brain

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1118-1131

  Ivanovic, Daniza M ^a   Leiva, Boris P ^a   Pérez, Hernán T ^a   Olivares, Manuel G ^a   Díaz, Nora S ^a   Urrutia, María Soledad C ^b   Almagià, Atilio F ^c   Toro, Triana D ^c   Miller, Patricio T ^d   Bosch, Enrique O ^d   Larraín, Cristián G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^d German Clinic of Santiago   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brain; Education; Head; Intelligence; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nutrition assessment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MACROCEPHALY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MATHEMATICS; MICROCEPHALY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APTITUDE TESTS; BRAIN; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROCEPHALY; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN-ENERGY MALNUTRITION; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 11144357400     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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