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ERIC Number: EJ279529
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Apr
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Fallout and SAT Scores: Evidence for Cognitive Damage during Early Infancy.
Sternglass, Ernest J.; Bell, Steven
Phi Delta Kappan, v64 n8 p539-45 Apr 1983
Presents new evidence to show that nuclear radiation is associated with impaired cognitive functions. Links changing levels of radiation from U.S. nuclear bomb testing to the long decline--and now the beginnings of a rise--in Scholastic Aptitude Test scores. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Geographic Regions, Graphs, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Radiation Effects, Radioisotopes, Scores, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Tables (Data)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fallout; Milk; Nuclear Testing; Scholastic Aptitude Test