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Tables of Contents for Environmental Effects on Cognitive Abilities
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
PART I: GENERAL ISSUES
Caste Status and Intellectual Development
3
36
John U. Ogbu
Pamela Stern
Family Matters: A Systems View of Family Effects on Children's Cognitive Health
39
20
Barbara H. Fiese
Socioeconomic Status, Multiple Risks, and Development of Intelligence
59
24
Ronald Seifer
Intelligence and Experience
83
36
Craig T. Ramey
Sharon Landesman Ramey
Robin Gaines Lanzi
PART II: PUBLIC AND PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUES
The Role of Nutrition in Intellectual Development
119
38
Sally Grantham-McGregor
Cornelius Ani
Lia Fernald
Environmental Pollutant Exposures and Children's Cognitive Abilities
157
32
David C. Bellinger
Heather Foley Adams
Prenatal Drug Exposure and Cognitive Development
189
32
Linda C. Mayes
Thomas Fahy
The Impact of Infectious Disease on Cognitive Development
221
34
Katherine J. Alcock
Donald A. P. Bundy
The Invisible Danger: The Impact of Ionizing Radiation on Cognitive Development and Functioning
255
32
Elena L. Grigorenko
PART III: WORK ENVIRONMENTS
Schooling and Cognitive Development
287
50
Kate Christian
Heather J. Bachnan
Frederick J. Morrison
Family Environments and Adult Cognitive Functioning
337
26
K. Warner Schaie
Yan-Ling Zuo
The Intellectual Effects of the Demands of the Work Environment
363
20
Carmi Schooler
PART IV: CONCLUSIONS
Sociohistorical Changes and Intelligence Gains
383
42
Rocio Fernandez-Ballesteros
Manuel Juan-Espinosa
Francisco-Jose Abad
Epilogue: Is There a Heredity-Environment Paradox?
425
8
Robert J. Sternberg
Author Index
433
32
Subject Index
465