Face recognition impairment in small for gestational age and preterm children

Perez-Roche, Teresa; Altemir, Irene; Giménez, Galadriel; Prieto, Esther; González, Inmaculada; Pisón, J. López; Pueyo, Victoria

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2017.01.016

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“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that explored preterm infants MNS through EEG mu rhythm and some considerations could be pointed out. On the one hand, preterm birth has been associated to social cognition difficulties, such as in the imitation of action sequences 67,68 , in peer play and synchronous interactions with caregivers 69 , in recognizing faces 70 , and in understanding social behaviors 71 . Thus, the atypical EEG activity detected during the action observation may represents one of neural mechanisms which underpin, or simply may be associated to, the preterms’ early social cognition impairments, as well as the long-lasting increased risk of social suboptimal development 72 .…”

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Exploring the EEG mu rhythm associated with observation and execution of a goal-directed action in 14-month-old preterm infants

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Giusti

et al. 2019

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Electroencephalographic mu rhythm desynchronization is thought to reflect Mirror Neuron System (MNS) activity and represents an important neural correlate of the coupling between action execution and perception. It is still unclear if the MNS in human ontogeny is already available at the beginning of postnatal life and how early experience impacts its development. Premature birth provides a “natural condition” for investigating the effects of early, atypical extra-uterine experience on MNS. The main aim of the present study was to investigate whether the MNS activity is associated with prematurity. We compared the mu rhythm activity in preterm (PT) and full-term (FT) 14-month old infants during an action observation/execution (AO/AE) task. Mu rhythm desynchronization was computed over frontal, central, parietal and occipital regions. Both groups showed mu rhythm suppression in all the scalp regions during action execution. Different desynchronization patterns emerged during action observation. Specifically, FT infants showed mu suppression in the right frontal, bilateral parietal and occipital regions; whereas PT infants exhibited mu suppression only in the right parietal region. Overall, these preliminary findings indicate that an atypical extra uterine experience might have an impact on the MNS activity.

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Exploring the EEG mu rhythm associated with observation and execution of a goal-directed action in 14-month-old preterm infants

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Giusti

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“…22,24,25 Similarly, Rutstein et al 23 did not find any significant difference between the term intrauterine growth-retarded Studies have shown that functional vision, visual motor integration and academic performance are adversely affected in children born SGA, even in those without major neurologic problems. 19,33,34 It has been shown that these functions are much more adversely affected in SGA-born children than in AGA-born children. 33, 34 Ley et al 35 proposed that thinning detected in the neuroretinal rim in young adults born SGA because of intrauterine growth retardation could be due to the loss of axons in the optic nerve caused by fetal circulatory insufficiency.…”

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“…19,33,34 It has been shown that these functions are much more adversely affected in SGA-born children than in AGA-born children. 33, 34 Ley et al 35 proposed that thinning detected in the neuroretinal rim in young adults born SGA because of intrauterine growth retardation could be due to the loss of axons in the optic nerve caused by fetal circulatory insufficiency. Additionally, Thordstein et al 36 showed an increase in the latency of visual evoked potentials (VEPs) in intrauterine growth-retarded children, and they proposed that this increased latency may be an indicator of adversely affected intrauterine brain development.…”

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Is being small for gestational age a risk factor for strabismus and refractive errors at 3 years of age?

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Background. Visual problems, cerebral visual impairment, refractive errors and strabismus are commonly found in preterm infants in long-term follow-ups. The aim of this study was to determine the factors that lead to the development of amblyogenic risk factors, such as high refractive errors, anisometropia and strabismus, in the long-term evaluation of preterm infants. Methods. We retrospectively evaluated children who were screened for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and who had a 3rd year ophthalmologic examination. The impacts of sex, gestational age (GA), birth weight (BW), BW for GA, being small for gestational age (SGA), being appropriate for gestational age (AGA), multiple pregnancies and the results of ROP screening on refractive errors and the development of strabismus were evaluated by logistic regression analysis. The SGA and AGA groups were compared in terms of refractive errors and presence of strabismus. Results. Six hundred and eight children, including 317 (52.1%) males and 291 (47.9%) females, were included in the study. The mean GA was 31 ± 3 weeks (24-36), and the mean BW was 1505 ± 435 g (600-2460). The number of SGA-born children was 101 (16.6%). Manifest deviation was detected in 42 (5.6%) children, and optical correction was required in 101 (16.6%) children. Being an SGA infant and multiple pregnancies were risk factors for refractive errors requiring optical correction, and hyperopia (≥3.00 D) was found to be a risk factor for the development of strabismus in the multivariate regression analysis. Additionally, the SGA group was at high risk for strabismus, hyperopia, high astigmatism and the need for optical correction. Conclusions. We concluded that SGA seems to be associated with an increased risk of strabismus and a high refractive error. It should be taken into consideration during follow-up examinations of SGA infants.

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“…More specifically, Frie, Padilla, Aden, Lagercrantz, and Bartocci (2016) used near‐infrared spectroscopy to demonstrate atypicalities in the maturation of cortical face recognition areas in premature infants (again born before 28 gestational weeks) who were tested at the corrected age of 6–10 months. There is also evidence that these abnormalities persist into later childhood: Perez‐Roche et al (2017) found that 5‐ to 15‐year‐old children born with a low‐for‐gestation birthweight (<10th percentile) performed at a lower level on immediate and delayed face recognition tasks compared to those born with an appropriate birthweight for their gestational age.…”

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Birthweight predicts individual differences in adult face recognition ability

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Atkinson

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British J of Psychology

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It has long been known that premature birth and/or low birthweight can lead to general difficulties in cognitive and emotional functioning throughout childhood. However, the influence of these factors on more specific processes has seldom been addressed, despite their potential to account for wide individual differences in performance that often appear innate. Here, we examined the influence of gestation and birthweight on adults' face perception and face memory skills. Performance on both sub-processes was predicted by birthweight and birthweight-for-gestation, but not gestation alone. Evidence was also found for the domain-specificity of these effects: No perinatal measure correlated with performance on object perception or memory tasks, but they were related to the size of the face inversion effect on the perceptual test. This evidence indicates a novel, very early influence on individual differences in face recognition ability, which persists into adulthood, influences face-processing strategy itself, and may be domain-specific. Much evidence suggests that premature birth or low birthweight can lead to generalized difficulties in cognitive and emotional functioning (see Molloy et al., 2013). Yet, little work has considered whether perinatal factors may account for individual differences in more specific abilities, which are often interpreted in terms of heritability. For instance, in the face recognition literature, the ability to recognize facial identity appears to vary from very early childhood (

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Face recognition impairment in small for gestational age and preterm children

Cited by 13 publications

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Exploring the EEG mu rhythm associated with observation and execution of a goal-directed action in 14-month-old preterm infants

Exploring the EEG mu rhythm associated with observation and execution of a goal-directed action in 14-month-old preterm infants

Is being small for gestational age a risk factor for strabismus and refractive errors at 3 years of age?

Birthweight predicts individual differences in adult face recognition ability

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