title: Infant neurological abnormalities as indicators of cognitive impairment.
abstract: In a prospective longitudinal study, 1319 children who had received three neurological examinations during their first year of life were administered measures of cognitive development and academic achievement up to and including 12 years of age. With both social class and birthweight statistically controlled, children identified as neurologically suspect or abnormal on more than one of the infant examinations (N = 22) consistently performed far below control children on measures of intelligence, motor skills, language development and school achievement. Children who had been neurologically suspect or abnormal on only one infant examination (N = 165) performed significantly less well than those never suspected of neurological abnormality in infancy (N = 1132).
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011581:Psychological Tests