The effects of preterm birth on visual development

MPS Leung, B Thompson, J Black, S Dai… - Clinical and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Children born very preterm are at a greater risk of abnormal visual and neurological
development when compared to children born at full term. Preterm birth is associated with …

Very low birth weight is associated with brain structure abnormalities and cognitive function impairments: A systematic review

F Farajdokht, S Sadigh-Eteghad, R Dehghani… - Brain and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Very low birth weight (VLBW) children are at risk of structural brain abnormalities and
neurocognitive deficits. Since survival rate of the very low birth weight infants has increased …

Preference for dynamic human images and gaze‐following abilities in preterm infants at 6 and 12 months of age: An eye‐tracking study

M Imafuku, M Kawai, F Niwa, Y Shinya, M Inagawa… - Infancy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Preterm children are reported to be at higher risk of social communication problems such as
autism spectrum disorder compared with full‐term infants. Although previous studies have …

Social cognition in individuals born preterm

MA Pavlova, J Galli, F Zanetti, F Pagani, S Micheletti… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Faces hold a substantial value for effective social interactions and sharing. Covering faces
with masks, due to COVID-19 regulations, may lead to difficulties in using social signals, in …

Premature birth affects visual body representation and body schema in preterm children

N Butti, R Montirosso, L Giusti, R Borgatti, C Urgesi - Brain and Cognition, 2020 - Elsevier
Research has demonstrated that from the first six months of life infants show early sensitivity
to body visual features and rely on sensorimotor and proprioceptive inputs in forming …

Development of the mentalizing network structures and theory of mind in extremely preterm youth

X Fu, A Hung, AD De Silva, T Busch… - Social cognitive and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Adolescents born preterm (< 37 weeks of gestation) are at elevated risk for deficits in social
cognition and peer relationships. Theory of Mind (ToM) is a complex form of social cognition …

Ties between reading faces, bodies, eyes, and autistic traits

MA Pavlova, V Romagnano, J Kubon… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
While reading covered with masks faces during the COVID-19 pandemic, for efficient social
interaction, we need to combine information from different sources such as the eyes (without …

Motion perception and form discrimination in extremely preterm school‐aged children

M Benassi, R Bolzani, L Forsman, U Ådén… - Child …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This population‐based study evaluated motion and form perception in 71 children born
extreme premature (EPT;< 27 gestational weeks), aged 6.5 years, as compared to a …

Handedness in low-birthweight children: Insights in lateralization

M Ittyerah - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Low-birthweight (LBW) children (n= 96) weighing less than 2.5 kg at birth and normal
birthweight (NBW) children (n= 96) from Delhi, India, between the ages of 5 and 12 years …

Different aspects of visual perception are important for 12‐year social functioning depending on gestational age

M Johansson, YF Kaul, C Montgomery… - Acta …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Perceptual mechanisms in social functioning might promote interventions. We
investigated relations between visual perception and social functioning, in preterm children …