Table 2.

Summary of findings on MeHg and neurocognitive and behavioral outcomes.

Age at assessment
Birth–2 years	3–6 years	7–14 years	Adults
Inconsistent effects: no effect; increased risk associated with prenatal or postnatal mercury		Adverse effects if adjusted for fish intake: multiple associations with prenatal mercury (psychomotor function, memory, verbal skills cognition, etc.); inconsistent effects with concurrent mercury		Inconsistent effects: protective; no effect; increased risk (e.g., electrophysiologic testing) with prenatal or postnatal mercury		Inconsistent effects: no effect or adverse neuropsychological test performance with current mercury
See also Supplemental Material, Table S2 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1104494).