Eye-Movements in a Text Reading Task: A Comparison of Preterm Children, Children with Dyslexia and Typical Readers

P Bonifacci, V Tobia, A Sansavini, A Guarini - Brain Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Preterm birth is associated with weaknesses in reading skills that are usually less severe
than those of children with dyslexia. To understand the characteristics of reading processes …

Attention profiles following preterm birth: A review of methods and findings from infancy to adulthood

L Ginnell, JP Boardman, RM Reynolds… - Infant and Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Children born preterm are at increased risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
and subclinical attention problems. The ADHD profile that presents following prematurity has …

Embodied cognition in practice: exploring effects of a motor-based problem-solving intervention

RT Harbourne, SE Berger - Physical therapy, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Embodied cognition interests physical therapists because efforts to advance
motor skills in young infants can affect learning. However, we do not know if simply …

Associations between oxidative stress biomarkers during pregnancy and infant cognition at 7.5 months

SM Eick, K Ortlund, A Aguiar… - Developmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oxidative stress has been identified as an important biological pathway leading to
neurodevelopmental delay. However, studies assessing the effects of oxidative stress on …

Do 6-month motor skills have cascading effects on 12-month motor and cognitive development in extremely preterm and full-term infants?

M Zuccarini, A Guarini, S Savini, G Faldella… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we analyzed whether 6-month gross and fine motor skills were related to 12-
month gross and fine motor skills and cognitive development, controlling for 6-month …

Exposure to the parents' speech is positively associated with preterm infant's face preference

A Aija, J Leppänen, L Aarnos, M Hyvönen… - Pediatric …, 2024 - nature.com
Background The parents' presence and involvement in neonatal care is a promising
approach to improve preterm infants' neurodevelopmental outcomes. We examined whether …

Magnitude comparisons, number knowledge and calculation in verypreterm children and children with specific learning disability: a cross-population study using eye …

A Guarini, V Tobia, P Bonifacci… - Journal of Learning …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Difficulties in mathematics have been described in very preterm children, but their origins
are not well understood and may differ from other populations with specific learning …

The modulating effect of gestational age on attentional disengagement in toddlers

M Bovo, S Moyano, G Calignano, E Valenza… - Infant Behavior and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Gestational Age (GA) at birth plays a crucial role in identifying potential vulnerabilities to
long-term difficulties in cognitive and behavioral development. The present study aims to …

Monolingual and bilingual infants' attention to talking faces: evidence from eye-tracking and Bayesian modeling

S Lemonnier, B Fayolle, N Sebastian-Galles… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction A substantial amount of research from the last two decades suggests that
infants' attention to the eyes and mouth regions of talking faces could be a supporting …

Very preterm infants engage in an intervention to train their control of attention: results from the feasibility study of the Attention Control Training (ACT) randomised trial

O Perra, S Wass, A McNulty, D Sweet… - Pilot and Feasibility …, 2021 - Springer
Background Very premature birth (gestational age between 28 and 31+ 6 weeks) is
associated with increased risk of cognitive delay and attention deficit disorder, which have …