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Barbara Watkinson
Researcher at Carleton University
Publications - 19
Citations - 3158
Barbara Watkinson is an academic researcher from Carleton University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pregnancy & Cognition. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 19 publications receiving 2978 citations.
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Differential effects on cognitive functioning in 13- to 16-year-olds prenatally exposed to cigarettes and marihuana.
TL;DR: The strongest relationship between prenatal maternal cigarette smoking and cognitive variables was seen with overall intelligence and aspects of auditory functioning whereas prenatal exposure to marihuana was negatively associated with tasks that required visual memory, analysis, and integration.
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36- and 48-month neurobehavioral follow-up of children prenatally exposed to marijuana, cigarettes, and alcohol.
Peter A. Fried,Barbara Watkinson +1 more
TL;DR: Significant lower scores in verbal and memory domains were associated with maternal marijuana use at 48 months, the first reported association beyond the neonatal stage, and may represent a long-term effect of the drug upon complex behavior that, at a younger age, had not developed and/or could not be assessed.
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60- and 72-month follow-up of children prenatally exposed to marijuana, cigarettes, and alcohol: cognitive and language assessment.
TL;DR: Discriminant Function analysis revealed an association between prenatal cigarette exposure and lower cognitive and receptive language scores at 60 and 72 months and the importance of assessing subtle components rather than global cognitive and language skills to detect potential behavioral teratogenic effects of the drugs being examined.
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Neurocognitive consequences of marihuana--a comparison with pre-drug performance.
TL;DR: It was concluded that residual marihuana effects are evident beyond the acute intoxication period in current heavy users after taking into account pre-drug performance but similar deficits are no longer apparent 3 months after cessation of regular use, even among former heavy using young adults.
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A follow-up study of attentional behavior in 6-year-old children exposed prenatally to marihuana, cigarettes, and alcohol
TL;DR: Attentional behavior was examined in 72-month-old children for whom prenatal exposure to marihuana, cigarettes, and alcohol has previously been ascertained to reveal the differential associations with the three prenatally used drugs.