Adverse birth factors predict cognitive ability, but not hand preference

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 578-587

  Nicholls, Michael E R ^a   Johnston, David W ^b   Shields, Michael A ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth stress; Cognitive ability; Genetics; Handedness; Sinistral

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BIRTH STRESS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND PREFERENCE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PARTURITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84872682161     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029151     Document Type: Article

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