ADHD and prenatal alcohol exposure: Comparing profiles of learning and memory impairments in two groups of children
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 17:30
in Psychology & Sociology
A new study has compared the verbal learning and memory performance of children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) with that of children with attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The children with PAE had initial problems with learning information, reflecting inefficient encoding of verbal material. The children with ADHD had difficulty retaining information over time, reflecting a deficit in retrieval of learned material.