Attentional networks efficiency in preterm children

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Alerting; ANT; Attention networks; Inhibition; Orienting; Prematurity; Analysis of Variance; Attention; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Child; Child, Preschool; Executive Function; Female; Humans; Male; Neuropsychological Tests; Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; Premature Birth; Reaction Time; Statistics as Topic

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[en] Recent studies have reported specific executive and attentional deficits in preterm children. However, the majority of this research has used multidetermined tasks to assess these abilities, and the interpretation of the results lacks an explicit theoretical backdrop to better understand the origin of the difficulties observed. In the present study, we used the Child Attention Network Task (Child ANT; Rueda et al. 2004) to assess the efficiency of the alerting, orienting and executive control networks. We compared the performance of 25 preterm children (gestational age 32 weeks) to 25 full-term children, all between 5 and 6 years of age. Results showed that, as compared to full-term children, preterm children were slower on all conditions of the Child ANT and had a specific deficit in executive control abilities. We also observed a significantly higher correlation between the orienting and executive control networks in the preterm group, suggesting less differentiation of these two networks in this population. (JINS, 2010, 16, 130137.) © The International Neuropsychological Society 2009.

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Neurosciences & behavior

Author, co-author :

Pizzo, Roxane; Child Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, FPSE, 40 bd Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

Urben, Sébastien; Child Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, FPSE, 40 bd Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Département de Psychologie

Borradori-Tolsa, Cristina; Division of Child Development and Growth, Department of Pediatrics, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Freschi, Monica; Division of Child Development and Growth, Department of Pediatrics, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Forcada-Guex, Margarita; Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

Hüppi, Pétra Susan; Division of Child Development and Growth, Department of Pediatrics, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Barisnikov, Koviljka; Child Clinical Neuropsychology Unit, University of Geneva, FPSE, 40 bd Pont-d'Arve, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland

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English

Title :

Attentional networks efficiency in preterm children

Publication date :

2010

Journal title :

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

ISSN :

1355-6177

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1469-7661

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Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom

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130-137

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