Preterm birth affects dorsal-stream functioning even after age 6.

With increasing numbers of preterm infants surviving, the impact of preterm birth on later cognitive development presents a major interest. This study investigates the impact of preterm birth on later dorsal- and ventral-stream functioning. An atypical pattern of performance was found for preterm ch...

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Publicado en:Brain & Cognition Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 490 - 495
Autores principales: Santos A, Duret M, Mancini J, Gire C, Deruelle C
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Academic Press Inc. Apr2009
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Sumario:With increasing numbers of preterm infants surviving, the impact of preterm birth on later cognitive development presents a major interest. This study investigates the impact of preterm birth on later dorsal- and ventral-stream functioning. An atypical pattern of performance was found for preterm children relative to full-term controls, but in the dorsal-drawing task only. These findings suggest that the number of gestational weeks does affect dorsal-stream functioning, even after more than 6 years of favorable environmental conditions in healthy preterm children.