Neuropsychological impairments on the NEPSY-II among children with FASD

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-349

  Rasmussen, Carmen ^a   Tamana, Sukhpreet ^a   Baugh, Lauren ^a   Andrew, Gail ^a   Tough, Suzanne ^b   Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Executive function; Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD); NEPSY II; Neuropsychology; Prenatal Alcohol Exposure (PAE)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THEORY OF MIND;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84871428620     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2012.658768     Document Type: Article

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