PSY435H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Solitude, Developmental Psychology, Biomonitoring
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Lead exposure lower iq, deficits in rxn time, visual motor integration, attention, also o influence socioemotional development o. Body lead burden was related to students externalizing behaviors. Mercury male infants manifested sensory motor difficulties in relation to maternal o mercury body burden, diminished iq scores & language development. Pcbs adverse cognitive developmental impacts (mothers who ate fish with this o contamination) Maternal intellectual stimulation during the early postnatal period partially mediated some of the adverse impacts of pcb exposure on young children"s cognitive deficiencies o o. Prenatal low-level lead effects are milder among higher ses kids (bt not for high-level) Noise some studies found no correlation bw airport noise and reading. Males 12-14 mos in noisier homes had deficits in intellectual functioning; older infants not affected. Children with greater exposure duration, independent of grade level and pre-existing reading deficiencies suffer greater advantage. Relations found bw chronic noise exposure and poorer attention as measured by visual search task.
