Abstract
A range of neurobehavioral impairments, including impaired visual perception and visual-motor integration, are found in very preterm born children, but reported findings show great variability. We aimed to aggregate the existing literature using meta-analysis, in order to provide robust estimates of the effect of very preterm birth on visual perceptive and visual-motor integration abilities. Very preterm born children showed deficits in visual-spatial abilities (medium to large effect sizes) but not in visual closure perception. Tests reporting broad visual perceptive indices showed inconclusive results. In addition, impaired visual-motor integration was found (medium effect size), particularly in boys compared to girls. The observed visual-spatial and visual-motor integration deficits may arise from affected occipital-parietal-frontal neural circuitries. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 726-736 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Research in Developmental Disabilities |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 2 |
Early online date | 23 Nov 2011 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |