Social gaze in preterm infants may act as an early indicator of atypical lateralization

Davis, Rachael; Donati, Georgina; Finnegan, Kier; Boardman, James P.; Dean, Bethan; Fletcher‐Watson, Sue; Forrester, Gillian S.

doi:10.1111/cdev.13734

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“…In addition, at 12 months, more VLBW toddlers than TD toddlers showed leftward attention bias regardless of whether the face was talking, silent, or mouth moving. This may be interpreted as reflecting delayed development of left visual field biases in social cognition in VLBW 21 . Further, it was consistent with the finding that infants showed the left attention bias in MM condition 15 …”

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Attentional differences in audiovisual face perception between full‐ and preterm very low birthweight toddlers

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Advanced management of high-risk pregnancies and progress in neonatal intensive care has improved survival rates for children born very prematurely (VP; <32 weeks) or with very low birthweight (VLBW; <1500 g). 1 Research shows that VP and VLBW infants are at increased risk of neurodevelopmental morbidities. 2,3 For example, preterm children with VLBW aged 8-11 showing no major cognitive or language-related impairments have difficulty using nonverbal cues from facial and body movements as well as situational cues in interpreting others' emotions in naturalistic social interactions. 4 There is therefore a need to grasp specific patterns of social,

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“…This may | 1721 be interpreted as reflecting delayed development of left visual field biases in social cognition in VLBW. 21 Further, it was consistent with the finding that infants showed the left attention bias in MM condition. 15…”

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Attentional differences in audiovisual face perception between full‐ and preterm very low birthweight toddlers

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“…Interestingly, the present study provided some preliminary indication of lateralisation of face processing at high eccentricities, beyond centrally presented faces and side biases within the face. Although side had a marginal role compared to eccentricity in explaining the detection rates, this bias may emerge from or soon after 9 months of age [28,62]. Future investigations may address whether this effect is more pronounced in older infants and whether there may be a neural correlate of a left visual field superiority for detection of face patterns at the edge of the developing visual field.…”

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The Detection of Face-like Stimuli at the Edge of the Infant Visual Field

Capparini

Reid

2022

Brain Sciences

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Human infants are highly sensitive to social information in their visual world. In laboratory settings, researchers have mainly studied the development of social information processing using faces presented on standard computer displays, in paradigms exploring face-to-face, direct eye contact social interactions. This is a simplification of a richer visual environment in which social information derives from the wider visual field and detection involves navigating the world with eyes, head and body movements. The present study measured 9-month-old infants’ sensitivities to face-like configurations across mid-peripheral visual areas using a detection task. Upright and inverted face-like stimuli appeared at one of three eccentricities (50°, 55° or 60°) in the left and right hemifields. Detection rates at different eccentricities were measured from video recordings. Results indicated that infant performance was heterogeneous and dropped beyond 55°, with a marginal advantage for targets appearing in the left hemifield. Infants’ orienting behaviour was not influenced by the orientation of the target stimulus. These findings are key to understanding how face stimuli are perceived outside foveal regions and are informative for the design of infant paradigms involving stimulus presentation across a wider field of view, in more naturalistic visual environments.

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“…Indeed, through an alteration in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, early life or chronic stress may lead to atypical cerebral lateralization and to neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders (Berretz et al, 2020). Following this view, Davis et al (2022) showed that prematurity, which is related to early life stress (Field & Diego, 2008), exhibits atypical functional lateralization.…”

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“…Following this view, Davis et al. (2022) showed that prematurity, which is related to early life stress (Field & Diego, 2008), exhibits atypical functional lateralization. As a non‐planned complementary analysis (see Appendix 5), we tested the relation between prematurity, handedness, and neurodevelopmental disorders.…”

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The influence of vestibular system and fetal presentation on handedness, cognitive and motor development: A comparison between cephalic and breech presentation

Hamaoui

Stefaniak

Segond

2022

Developmental Science

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Genetics are undoubtedly implicated in the ontogenesis of laterality. Nonetheless, environmental factors, such as the intrauterine environment, may also play a role in the development of functional and behavioral lateralization. The aim of this study was to test the Left-Otolithic Dominance Theory (LODT; Previc, 1991) by investigating a hypothetical developmental pattern where it is assumed that a breech presentation, which is putatively associated with a dysfunctional and weakly lateralized vestibular system, can lead to weak handedness and atypical development associated with language and motor difficulties. We used the ALSPAC cohort of children from 7 to 10 years of age to conduct our investigation. Our results failed to show an association between the vestibular system and fetal presentation, nor any influence of the latter on hand preference, hand performance, or language and motor development. Bayesian statistical analyses supported these findings. Contrary to our LODT-derived hypotheses, this study offers evidence that fetal presentation does not influence the vestibular system's lateralization and seems to be a poor indicator for handedness. Nonetheless, we found that another non-genetic factor, prematurity, could lead to atypical development of handedness.

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Social gaze in preterm infants may act as an early indicator of atypical lateralization

Cited by 8 publications

References 82 publications

Attentional differences in audiovisual face perception between full‐ and preterm very low birthweight toddlers

Attentional differences in audiovisual face perception between full‐ and preterm very low birthweight toddlers

The Detection of Face-like Stimuli at the Edge of the Infant Visual Field

The influence of vestibular system and fetal presentation on handedness, cognitive and motor development: A comparison between cephalic and breech presentation

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