The Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on Executive Functioning.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Kodituwakku, Piyadasa W.; Kalberg, Wendy; May, Philip A.
- Source
- Alcohol Research & Health. 2001, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p192. 7p.
- Subject
- *ALCOHOLISM in pregnancy
*COGNITION
*PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of alcohol
- Language
- ISSN
- 1535-7414
Explores the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure and deficits in executive functioning (EF). Concept of EF; Categories of EF; Cognition-based EF in people prenatally exposed to alcohol; Emotion-related EF in people prenatally exposed to alcohol; Behavioral problems in alcohol-exposed people; Neural correlates of EF deficits in alcohol-exposed people. INSET: DELIBERATE VERSUS AUTOMATIC ACTIONS.