Decreased right temporal activation and increased interhemispheric connectivity in response to speech in preterm infants at term-equivalent age

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Naoi, Nozomi ^a,b   Fuchino, Yutaka ^a,b   Shibata, Minoru ^a,c   Niwa, Fusako ^a,c   Kawai, Masahiko ^c   Konishi, Yukuo ^d   Okanoya, Kazuo ^a,e   Myowa Yamakoshi, Masako ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult directed speech; Full term neonates; Infant directed speech; Near infrared spectroscopy; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878809032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00094     Document Type: Article

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