Cognitive Development in Preterm Children: Selective Deficits in Declarative Memory in Early School Age

Introduction: Evidence from behavioral studies suggests that children born preterm, compared to those born full-term, are at increased risk for cognitive impairments, including attention and memory deficits. Those often result in school failure and difficulties in daily routines. So far, however, it is unclear whether prematurity has an impact on cognition in general or on specific functions. In order to approch this question, we explored attention and memory in 8–10 year old preterm and full-term control children. Methods: Regarding attention, an auditory oddball task with standard tones, target tones, and task…