Intelligence

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Childrens intellectual and emotional-behavioral adjustment at 4 years as a function of cocaine exposure, maternal characteristics, and environmental risk.

The authors examined 223 children at age 4 years for the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure, exposure to other substances, maternal and environmental risk factors, and neonatal medical problems on IQ, externalizing problems, and internalizing problems. ...
David S Bennett, Margaret Bendersky, Michael Lewis (Dev Psychol, 200209)
children-s-intellectual-emotional-behavioral-adjustment-years.asp

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Smaller left Heschls gyrus volume in patients with schizotypal personality disorder.

OBJECTIVE: Individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders evince similar genetic, neurotransmitter, neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and structural abnormalities. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies have shown smaller gray matter volume ...
Chandlee C Dickey, Robert W McCarley, Martina M Voglmaier, Melissa Frumin, Margaret A Niznikiewicz, Yoshio Hirayasu, Stephanie Fraone, Larry J Seidman, Martha E Shenton (Am J Psychiatry, 200209)
smaller-left-heschl-s-gyrus-volume-patients-schizotypal-personality.asp

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Neurological soft signs in first-episode psychosis: a systematic review.

BACKGROUND: Neurological soft signs (NSS) are minor neurological signs indicating non-specific cerebral dysfunction. Their presence has been documented extensively in schizophrenia but not during the first psychotic episode. AIMS: To review studies that ...
Paola Dazzan, Robin M Murray (Br J Psychiatry Suppl, 200209)
neurological-soft-signs-first-episode-psychosis-systematic-review.asp

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Executive dysfunction in first-episode schizophrenia and relationship to duration of untreated psychosis: the West London Study.

BACKGROUND: Many studies have demonstrated early generalised cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. AIMS: To examine executive function in first-episode schizophrenia, characterise the nature of the impairment and specify any relationships with symptoms ...
Eileen Joyce, Sam Hutton, Stan Mutsatsa, Heidi Gibbins, Emma Webb, Sonja Paul, Trevor Robbins, Thomas Barnes (Br J Psychiatry Suppl, 200209)
executive-dysfunction-first-episode-schizophrenia-relationship.asp

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Intelligence in preterm children at four years of age as a predictor of school function: a longitudinal controlled study.

The aim of the study was to examine whether school performance was reduced in children with very-low birthweight beyond what could be explained by the deficit in intelligence-score at 4 years of age. Participants (n=333) examined at 4 years of age ...
Bo Mølholm Hansen, Juliane Dinesen, Barbara Hoff, Gorm Greisen (Dev Med Child Neurol, 200208)
intelligence-preterm-children-four-years-age-predictor-school.asp

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Relation of perceived emotional intelligence and health-related quality of life of middle-aged women.

This study examined the relationship between perceived emotional intelligence and health-related quality of life in middle-aged women. 99 middle-aged Spanish women, who studied in two adult schools, volunteered to participate. 49 were premenopausal and ...
Natalio Extremera, Pablo Fernández-Berrocal (Psychol Rep, 200208)
relation-perceived-emotional-intelligence-health-related-quality-life.asp

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Birth weight, childhood socioeconomic environment, and cognitive development in the 1958 British birth cohort study.

OBJECTIVES: To examine the combined effect of social class and weight at birth on cognitive trajectories during school age and the associations between birth weight and educational outcomes through to 33 years. DESIGN: Longitudinal, population based, ...
Barbara J M H Jefferis, Chris Power, Clyde Hertzman (BMJ, 200208)
birth-weight-childhood-socioeconomic-environment-cognitive.asp

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Cognitive and behavioral outcomes of school-aged children who were born preterm: a meta-analysis.

CONTEXT: The cognitive and behavioral outcomes of school-aged children who were born preterm have been reported extensively. Many of these studies have methodological flaws that preclude an accurate estimate of the long-term outcomes of prematurity. ...
Adnan T Bhutta, Mario A Cleves, Patrick H Casey, Mary M Cradock, K J S Anand (JAMA, 200208)
cognitive-behavioral-outcomes-school-aged-children-who-born-preterm.asp

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Thought suppression, intelligence, and working memory capacity.

The importance of individual differences in intelligence and working memory capacity in predicting the ability to intentionally suppress thoughts was investigated. Sixty participants completed a thought suppression task, and measures of working memory ...
C R Brewin, A Beaton (Behav Res Ther, 200208)
thought-suppression-intelligence-working-memory-capacity.asp

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IQ in childhood psychiatric attendees predicts outcome of later schizophrenia at 21 year follow-up.

OBJECTIVE: Preschizophrenic children who merit psychiatric referral are claimed to have a particularly malevolent illness when the psychosis develops later. The 21 years outcome of a sample of such children was investigated. METHOD: Fifty-one children ...
J C Munro, A J Russell, R M Murray, R W Kerwin, P B Jones (Acta Psychiatr Scand, 200208)
iq-childhood-psychiatric-attendees-predicts-outcome-later.asp