Compromised approximate number system acuity in extremely preterm school-aged children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1109-1114

  Hellgren, Kerstin ^a   Halberda, Justin ^b   Forsman, Lea ^a   Ådén, Ulrika ^a   Libertus, Melissa ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING SPEED; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREMATURE BIRTH; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84887617795     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12206     Document Type: Article

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