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Visual attention control differences in 12-month-old preterm infants

Downes, M; Kelly, D; Day, K; Marlow, N; de Haan, M; (2018) Visual attention control differences in 12-month-old preterm infants. Infant Behavior and Development , 50 pp. 180-188. 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.01.002. Green open access

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Abstract

There have been few previous attempts to assess the development of early markers of executive function in infants born preterm despite well-established deficits reported for older preterm children that have been closely linked to poorer academic functioning. The present study investigates early attention control development in healthy 12-month-old age-corrected pre-term infants who were born less than 30 weeks and compares their performance to full-term infants. Eye-tracking methodology was used to measure attention control. Preterm Infants spent less time focused on the target and were slower to fixate attention, with lower gestational age associated with poorer target fixation and slower processing speed. There were no significant group differences observed for inhibition of return or interference control. These findings suggest that specific emerging deficits in attention control may be observed using eye tracking methodology in very preterm infants at this early stage of development, despite scores within the average range on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development.

Type: Article
Title: Visual attention control differences in 12-month-old preterm infants
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.01.002
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2018.01.002
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Social Sciences, Psychology, Developmental, Psychology, Preterm, Executive function, Eye-tracking, Attention, Inhibition, Processing speed, LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT, FULL-TERM INFANTS, SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, EXECUTIVE FUNCTION, PREMATURE-INFANTS, 1ST YEAR, BORN, INHIBITION, MEMORY, RETURN
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health > Neonatology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10049555
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