Comparison to rural Thai children
Twenty-nine, healthy 6 to 8 years, 5 month old children
from a rural shrimp farming community (rural sample)
also completed the original version of the BARS
battery. These subjects were recruited as a control group
for a study evaluating the cognitive and motor effects of
pesticide exposure. The same procedures were used to
evaluate this group of children during a single testing
session. Because they were of similar age, education
level, and sex, comparison with the performance of
urban Thai children provides another evaluation of the
utility of this testing protocol for use in Thailand.