Cognitive Functioning in 8- to 18-Month-Old Drug-Exposed Infants.

Alessandri, Steven M.; Bendersky, Margaret; Lewis, Michael

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ERIC Number: EJ570737

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Publication Date: 1998

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Cognitive Functioning in 8- to 18-Month-Old Drug-Exposed Infants.

Alessandri, Steven M.; Bendersky, Margaret; Lewis, Michael

Developmental Psychology, v34 n3 p565-73 May 1998

Compared cognitive functioning of infants--at 8 and 18 months--with varying levels of prenatal cocaine exposure. Found that, with risk and polydrug exposure controlled, exposure groups did not differ at 8 months on Bayley Scales or recovery to a novel stimulus. Infants with heavy exposure or high environmental risk declined in mental development from 8 to 18 months. (Author)

Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cocaine, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Habituation, Infant Behavior, Infants, Learning Processes, Longitudinal Studies, Prenatal Drug Exposure, Prenatal Influences, Psychomotor Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Bayley Scales of Infant Development

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