Memory performance in a sample of very low birth weight adolescents

Prematurely born participants with very low birth weight (VLBW) are at high risk of brain injury in the perinatal period and of later cognitive impairment. Studies of long-term memory sequelae in VLBW participants are scarce and focus on verbal and visual memory assessed by standard clinical memory...

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Published in:Developmental neuropsychology 2007, Vol.31 (1), p.129-135
Main Authors: NARBERHAUS, A, SEGARRA, D, GIMENEZ, M, JUNQUE, C, PUEYO, R, BOTET, F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Biological and medical sciences
Birth weight
Brain damage
Brain Damage, Chronic - diagnosis
Brain Damage, Chronic - psychology
Cerebral Hemorrhage - diagnosis
Cerebral Hemorrhage - psychology
Child
Child, Preschool
Developmental psychology
Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gestational Age
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature, Diseases - diagnosis
Infant, Premature, Diseases - psychology
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight - psychology
Intelligence
Male
Medical sciences
Memory
Memory Disorders - diagnosis
Memory Disorders - psychology
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta
Premature birth
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Respiration, Artificial
Risk Factors
Teenagers
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Summary:Prematurely born participants with very low birth weight (VLBW) are at high risk of brain injury in the perinatal period and of later cognitive impairment. Studies of long-term memory sequelae in VLBW participants are scarce and focus on verbal and visual memory assessed by standard clinical memory tests. There is even less research into everyday memory, and the results obtained are contradictory. This study explores long-term memory deficits in VLBW adolescents using 2 standard clinical memory tests and 1 everyday memory test. Results show impairment only in everyday memory. These memory deficits are not specific; they are related to an impaired general cognitive performance. Unlike birth weight, gestational age is a good predictor of intelligence.
ISSN:8756-5641
1532-6942
DOI:10.1207/s15326942dn3101_7