Bimanual coordination in alcohol-exposed children: Role of the corpus callosum

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 536-548

  Roebuck Spencer, Tresa M ^a   Mattson, Sarah N ^b   Marion, Sarah Deboard ^c   Brown, Warren S ^c   Riley, Edward P ^b  

^a NATIONAL REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Behavioral Teratology   (United States)

^c FULLER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bimanual coordination; Corpus callosum; Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Interhemispheric interaction; Prenatal alcohol exposure

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACCURACY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DELINQUENCY; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR COORDINATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CHILD; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4043142834     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704104116     Document Type: Article

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