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Prematurity, Illness, and Experience as Factors in Preterm Development

Nathan Fox

Institute for Child Study, College of Education, DHCR, University of Maryland

Michael Lewis

Institute for the Study of Child Development, Department of Pediatrics, Rutgers Medical School-UMDNJ, Academic Health Science Center, New Brunswick

Increasing concern for the developmental outcome of infants born prematurely has motivated investigation of their cognitive cnd socioemotional development. Some scientists have viewed preterm infants as a homogeneous sample whose major deficit lies in their immaturity and have Included both small-for-dates and premature, appropriate-for-dates Infants as one sample, even though they are biologically distinct and have different developmental outcomes. In addition, recent evidence has highlighted the number of medical complications endured by prematures and their potential effect on development. Finally, the effect of early environmental experience on the premature needs careful examination. Prematures are capable of processing and profiting from auditory and visual information much earlier than previously thought. This article reviews these three issues-maturity, illness, and potential effect of early experience—as factors important in any research on preterm development.

Journal of Early Intervention, Vol. 6, No. 1, 60-71 (1982)
DOI: 10.1177/105381518200600108
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