ERIC Number: EJ956648
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Publication Date: 2012
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Visual Perception and Visual-Motor Integration in Very Preterm and/or Very Low Birth Weight Children: A Meta-Analysis
Geldof, C. J. A.; van Wassenaer, A. G.; de Kieviet, J. F.; Kok, J. H.; Oosterlaan, J.
Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, v33 n2 p726-736 Mar-Apr 2012
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. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Visual Perception, Effect Size, Body Weight, Psychomotor Skills, Meta Analysis, Neurological Impairments, Visual Impairments, Gender Differences, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Language: English
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