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Neander Abreu

Researcher at Federal University of Bahia

Publications -  41
Citations -  905

Neander Abreu is an academic researcher from Federal University of Bahia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cognition. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 39 publications receiving 694 citations. Previous affiliations of Neander Abreu include Universidade Católica do Salvador & Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

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Elevated airborne manganese and low executive function in school-aged children in Brazil.

Chrissie Ferreira de Carvalho, +7 more
- 01 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: The results suggest that airborne Mn exposure may be associated with lower IQ and neuropsychological performance in tests of executive function of inhibition responses, strategic visual formation and verbal working memory.
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Tradução e adaptação cultural da Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) para aplicação em adultos brasileiros

Leandro Fernandes Malloy-Diniz, +8 more
- 01 Jan 2010 - 
TL;DR: The final results of quantitative analyses show that the final version of BIS-11 is satisfactory, and the literal, semantic e idiomatic equivalence of these versions by mean of correlation analyses is assessed.
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Executive functioning and reading achievement in school: a study of Brazilian children assessed by their teachers as “poor readers”

Pascale Engel de Abreu, +8 more
- 10 Jun 2014 - 
TL;DR: The study suggests that deficits in working memory/cognitive flexibility might represent one contributing factor to reading difficulties in early readers, which might have important implications for how educators might intervene with children at risk of academic under achievement.
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Elevated manganese exposure and school-aged children's behavior: a gender-stratified analysis.

José A. Menezes-Filho, +6 more
- 01 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: A positive association between elevated Mn exposure and externalizing behavioral problems and inattention, with girls presenting more pronounced effects is suggested, as well as sex and/or gender differences in Mn exposed populations.
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Noninvasive biomarkers of manganese exposure and neuropsychological effects in environmentally exposed adults in Brazil

Gustavo Freitas de Sousa Viana, +8 more
- 01 Dec 2014 - 
TL;DR: The Mn biomonitoring using noninvasive biomarkers was able to detect high exposure levels, which were associated with detrimental neuropsychological effects in adults exposed to industrial emissions.