Executive functioning and working memory deficits on the cantab® among children with prenatal alcohol exposure

Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Rasmussen, Carmen ^a   Soleimani, Maryam ^a   Pei, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

CANTAB ; Executive function (EF); Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD); Memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79251603709     PISSN: 1198581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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