Effects of Gestational Age at Birth on Cognitive Performance: A Function of Cognitive Workload Demands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Jaekel, Julia ^a,b   Baumann, Nicole ^b   Wolke, Dieter ^b,c  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE WORKLOAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; INFANT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878134987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065219     Document Type: Article

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