CHYS 2P35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Electroencephalography, External Validity, Phonological Awareness
1 Oct 2016
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Validity: internal, extent to which other explanations can be ruled out. There was a study conducted about children in their third trimester mothers were asked where they lived and found that if they lived in an area with a postal code it was associated with the child"s development. Rise in air pollution found that living in areas of high density pollution (air pollution) was significantly correlated with autism. Tap water asd has been theorized to be associated with immune functioning, higher amounts of fluoride can affect immune functioning. Video of brain scans: eeg scans on the brain offer the patient information that is unable to see by the human eye watches their brain waves. Mutations in more than 40 genes to autism. Methods become important because they are reliable results. Identify children at-risk for learning disabilities in kindergarten. If they end up with a ld follow them until they are in grade 3.
