1. Preterm birth affects dorsal-stream functioning even after age 6
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Santos, A., Duret, M., Mancini, J., Gire, C., and Deruelle, C.
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PREMATURE infants , *PREMATURE labor , *GESTATIONAL age , *COGNITIVE development - Abstract
Abstract: 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. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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