Whereas technically the potential threats detected by the system in the past were not false positives — they did accurately pick up tiny, background amounts
of DNA from organisms naturally present in the environment — in
effect, they were false alarms because they signaled the potential occurrence
of a terrorist attack when
none had
occurred.
«
None of these
effects were apparent in the control group, indicating that the reported findings may not be considered natural processes but likely
occurred as a result
of parents» participation in Triple P.»
This
occurred even though these children's mothers showed almost
none of the postnatal benefits observed for those visited during pregnancy and infancy (such as reduced welfare dependence, substance abuse, criminal behavior, and child abuse and neglect).8 The mechanisms through which these beneficial
effects occurred will be examined in future reports, with a focus on the alteration
of maternal prenatal health and the children's corresponding neuropsychological functioning, 22,23 as well as prenatal stress, given that stress during pregnancy affects the social and neuromotor development
of nonhuman primates.24, 25