High levels of antenatal maternal anxiety are associated with altered cognitive control in five-year-old children

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-450

  Loomans, Eva Margarita ^a,b   van der Stelt, O ^a   van Eijsden, M ^b   Gemke, R J B J ^c   Vrijkotte, T G M ^d   Van den Bergh, B R H ^a,e  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e Flemish Government   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(pre)school age; Antenatal maternal anxiety; Cognitive development; Information processing; Intra individual variability; Pregnancy; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84858658778     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20606     Document Type: Article

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