Executive functions of six-year-old boys with normal birth weight and gestational age.

Impaired fetal development, reflected by low birth weight or prematurity, predicts an increased risk for psychopathology, especially attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Such effects cut across the normal range of birth weight and gestation. Despite the strength of existing epidemiologic...

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Main Authors: Desiree Yee-Ling Phua, Anne Rifkin-Graboi, Seang-Mei Saw, Michael J Meaney, Anqi Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22558470/?tool=EBI