title: The relevance of the irrelevant: Attention and task-set adaptation in prematurely born adults.
abstract: To investigate attention and task-set adaptation in a preterm born very low birth weight (PT/VLBW) population by means of event-related potential components from an adapted cued go/no-go task.
  
  
  
  P3 components after target and non-target cues, as well as target, no-go and non-target imperative stimuli were compared in 30 PT/VLBW young adults and 33 term-born controls. Changes in P3 amplitudes as a function of time-on-task were also investigated.
  
  
  
  The PT/VLBW group had larger P3 amplitudes to non-target cues and non-targets compared with controls. There were no significant group differences in the P3s to target or no-go stimuli. Moreover, the amplitude of the P3 to non-target cues and non-targets decreased significantly over time in the control group but not in the PT/VLBW group.
  
  
  
  PT/VLBW young adults allocate more attention to behaviorally irrelevant information than term-born controls, and persist in attending to this information over time.
  
  
  
  This is the first study to investigate ERP components in an adult population born preterm with very low birth weight.
authors: Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway; Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Department of Neuropsychology, Helgeland Hospital, Mosjøen, Norway. Electronic address: ida.aasen@ntnu.no.
authors: Ida Emilia
authors: IE
authors: Aasen
authors: Department of Medical Imaging, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway; Department of Neuroscience, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
authors: Asta Kristine
authors: AK
authors: Håberg
authors: MI Lab and Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway.
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Olsen
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
authors: Ann-Mari
authors: AM
authors: Brubakk
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Public Health and General Practice, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Physiotherapy, Trondheim Municipality, Norway.
authors: Kari Anne I
authors: KA
authors: Evensen
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
authors: Anne Elisabeth
authors: AE
authors: Sølsnes
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Pediatrics, Sørlandet Hospital, Arendal, Norway.
authors: Jon
authors: J
authors: Skranes
authors: Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; Department of Neuropsychology, Helgeland Hospital, Mosjøen, Norway; Department of Neuroscience, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Norway.
authors: Jan Ferenc
authors: JF
authors: Brunner
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003463:Cues; D005071:Evoked Potentials; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000254:growth & development*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000254:growth & development*; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cued go/no-go; Event-related potentials; P3; Preterm; Task-set adaptation; Very low birth weight