Spatial working memory and attention skills are predicted by maternal stress during pregnancy

Early Human Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-29

  Plamondon, André ^a   Akbari, Emis ^a   Atkinson, Leslie ^b   Steiner, Meir ^c,d   Meaney, Michael J ^e,f   Fleming, Alison S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^f AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attention skills; Maternal stress during pregnancy; Postnatal care; Spatial working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL STRESS; MATERNAL STRESS DURING PREGNANCY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ANXIETY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPLICATION; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84921309865     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.11.004     Document Type: Article

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