Visual and visuocognitive development in children born very prematurely

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 164, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-149

  Atkinson, Janette ^a   Braddick, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

prematurity; VERP; visual development; visuo cognitive development ABCDEFV

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BIRTH; BRAIN DAMAGE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE FIXATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GESTATION PERIOD; HEARING TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE TEST; MEMORY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY; ULTRASOUND; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34848885719     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(07)64007-2     Document Type: Review

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