Executive function skills are associated with reading and parent-rated child function in children born prematurely

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-118

  Loe, Irene M ^a   Lee, Eliana S ^a   Luna, Beatriz ^b   Feldman, Heidi M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

CANTAB; Executive function; Function; Prematurity; Preterm birth; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PLANNING; PREMATURITY; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; READING; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84856966177     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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