MOTHERS ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY - EFFECTS ON SPATIAL-VISUAL REASONING IN 14-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

Authors
HUNT E STREISSGUTH AP KERR B OLSON HC
Citation
E. Hunt et al., MOTHERS ALCOHOL-CONSUMPTION DURING PREGNANCY - EFFECTS ON SPATIAL-VISUAL REASONING IN 14-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN, Psychological science, 6(6), 1995, pp. 339-342
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological science → ACNP
ISSN journal
09567976
Volume
6
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
339 - 342
Database
ISI
SICI code
0956-7976(1995)6:6<339:MADP-E>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Fourteen-year-old adolescents' behavior on a spatial-visual reasoning task was associated with self-report of their mothers' alcohol consump tion during pregnancy, 15 years earlier. The task was arranged so that it was possible to evaluate the examinees' tendency to respond rapidl y and less accurately, or slowly and more accurately. The greater the mother's reported drinking, the faster and less accurately the adolesc ent responded. The decrement in visual-spatial reasoning related to al cohol appears to be linked to a tendency toward impulsive responding.