PREGNANCY HISTORY AND COGNITION DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY
| Autor: | Thomas D. Parsons, E. Thompson, J.G. Buckwalter, Frank Z. Stanczyk, D K Buckwalter, Brendon W. Bluestein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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media_common.quotation_subject Neuropsychological Tests Developmental psychology Cognition Pregnancy medicine Humans media_common medicine.diagnostic_test General Neuroscience Postpartum Period General Medicine Neuropsychological test Verbal Learning medicine.disease Mood Pregnancy History Gestation Female Verbal memory Psychology Clinical psychology Vigilance (psychology) |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Neuroscience. 114:1099-1110 |
| ISSN: | 1543-5245 0020-7454 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00207450490475544 |
| Popis: | An increasing body of literature confirms anecdotal reports that cognitive changes occur during pregnancy. This article assessed whether prior pregnancy, which alters a woman's subsequent hormonal environment, is associated with a specific cognitive profile during and after pregnancy. Seven primigravids and nine multigravids were compared, equivalent for age and education. No differences between groups were found during pregnancy. After delivery, multigravids performed better than primigravids on verbal memory tasks. After controlling for mood, a significant difference in verbal memory remained. A neuroadaptive mechanism may develop after first pregnancy that increases the ability to recover from some cognitive deficits after later pregnancies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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