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IMPAIRMENT PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS [2 records]

Record 1 2012-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Impairment of psychological functions in children environmentally exposed to lead. The major objective of the study was to determine whether environmental exposure to lead exerts a negative impact upon psychological functions in children... To assess effects of the exposure, the following variables were measured in the examined children : intelligence, hand-eye coordination, perception, memory, reaction time and accuracy, and behaviour disorders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Comportement humain
CONT

[...] le niveau de déficience des fonctions psychologiques (mémoire récente, etc.) est mesuré sur une échelle de 1 à 4, où 1 signifie fonction adéquate; 2, fonction légèrement déficiente; 3, fonction modérément déficiente; et 4, fonction sévèrement ou totalement déficiente.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Distortion of language that results from psychological problems, without impairment to linguistic functions as such.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Altération du langage qui résulte de troubles psychiques sans atteinte de la fonction linguistique comme telle.

Spanish

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