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| Research article summary (published Apr 2003): |
Selective attention deficits during human pregnancy.
Full Abstract
Using a longitudinal design we provide evidence that selective attention - a key component of cognition concerned with selection and preparation - is compromised during pregnancy. Selective attention was operationalized by means of the finger precuing technique, which selectively prepares two of four finger responses. The precuing benefit was taken as a measure of selective attention. Pregnant women showed a significant smaller precuing benefit at week 36 of pregnancy than did the control women, indicating loss of selective attention. Thirty-two weeks after childbirth this performance decrement had vanished, reflecting a functional recovery.
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Author information
Author/s: de Groot, R H M (RH); Adam, Jos J (JJ); Hornstra, G (G);
Affiliation: Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands. rhm.degroot@hb.unimaas.nl
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article
Journal: Neuroscience letters (Neurosci Lett), published in Ireland. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Apr; vol 340 (issue 1) : pp 21-4
Dates: Created 2003/03/21; Completed 2003/05/07; Revised 2006/11/15;
PMID: 12648749, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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