The general movement assessment helps us to identify preterm infants at risk for cognitive dysfunction

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue MAR, 2016, Pages

  Einspieler, Christa ^a   Bos, Arend F ^b   Libertus, Melissa E ^c   Marschik, Peter B ^a,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Fidgety movements; General movements; Intelligence; Motor behavior; Posture; Preterm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962684826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00406     Document Type: Short Survey

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