2003; Mattson & Roebuck, 2002) learning, motor function (e.g., Roebuck, Simmons, Mattson, et al., 1998), social skills (e.g., Schonfeld, et al., 2006), externalizing behaviors (e.g., Mattson & Riley, 2000) and adaptive function (e.g., Crocker, et al., 2009; Thomas, Kelly, et al., 1998; Whaley, et al., 2001). Relative strengths or lack of impairment are present in auditory attention (e.g., Coles, et al., 2002; Mattson, et al., 2006), retention of verbal information (e.g., Mattson, Riley, Delis, et al., 1996; Mattson, et al., 1998), and basic language function (McGee, Bjorkquist, Riley, et al., 2009). One recent investigation used latent profile analysis to statistically test the presence of a neurobehavioral profile of prenatal alcohol exposure. Findings demonstrated that there was a distinct profile of function for children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure and that this resulting profile could accurately distinguish alcohol-exposed children from controls (Mattson, et al., 2010).
