Slower Reaction Times and Impaired Learning in Young Adults With Birth Weight <1500 g
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in PEDIATRICS
- Vol. 125 (1), e74-e82
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-1297
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Children with very low birth weight (VLBW; <1500 g) perform worse on cognitive tests than do children who are born at term. Whether this difference persists into adulthood has been little studied. We assessed core neurocognitive abilities (processing speed, working memory, attention, and learning capacity) in young adults with VLBW and in term-born control subjects.Keywords
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