Delayed Development of Neural Language Organization in Very Preterm Born Children

Mürner-Lavanchy, Ines; Steinlin, Maja; Kiefer, Claus; Weisstanner, Christian; Ritter, Barbara; Perrig, Walter J.; Everts, Regula (2014). Delayed Development of Neural Language Organization in Very Preterm Born Children. Developmental neuropsychology, 39(7), pp. 529-542. Psychology Press 10.1080/87565641.2014.959173

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This study investigates neural language organization in very preterm born children compared to control children and examines the relationship between language organization, age, and language performance. Fifty-six preterms and 38 controls (7–12 y) completed a functional magnetic resonance imaging language task. Lateralization and signal change were computed for language-relevant brain regions. Younger preterms showed a bilateral language network whereas older preterms revealed left-sided language organization. No age-related differences in language organization were observed in controls. Results indicate that preterms maintain atypical bilateral language organization longer than term born controls. This might reflect a delay of neural language organization due to very premature birth.

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