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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Neurobehavioral Functioning in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Child Neuropsychology, Volume 12, Issue 6 December 2006 , pages 453 - 468

Neurobehavioral functioning of 50 Canadian children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) was evaluated.

The aims of this study were to identify specific areas of weakness in neurobehavioral functioning, to examine whether neurobehavioral functioning was related to various predictor variables, and to determine which measures differentiated between children given a brain score of 2 (possible dysfunction) and 3 (probable dysfunction).

Participants displayed difficulties with many aspects of intelligence, memory, executive functioning, and attention. Measures of Full scale and Verbal IQ, as well as memory for faces and numbers differentiated between children with a brain 2 and 3 ranking.

An interesting pattern of strengths and weaknesses emerged as well as significant differences related to ethnic background, gender, and age.

Aboriginal children and Caucasian children with FASD do not appear to show the same pattern of strengths and weaknesses in neurobehavioral functioning.

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