The cognitive development of low-birthweight children.
The cognitive development of 30 preterm infants and 40 growth-retarded infants was studied in comparison with 105 control children. Half of the study group had a neurologically suspect/abnormal diagnosis at birth, while the other half was neurologically normal. IQ tests of the low-birthweight group at age 4.5-6 years showed no delay in comparison with the group that was born at term and on-weight. Piagetian tests indicated an interaction effect in which the group which was born at term, on-weight and neurologically normal scored best. In the analysis of the whole cognitive battery, the neurologically suspect/abnormal group achieved significantly worse than the neurologically normal group.
D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000523:psychology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000523:psychology; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000523:psychology; D007360:Intelligence