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Pathways From Prematurity and Infant Abilities to Later Cognition
Author(s) -
Rose Susan A.,
Feldman Judith F.,
Jankowski Jeffery J.,
Rossem Ronan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2005.00842.x-i1
Subject(s) - psychology , cognition , developmental psychology , cognitive development , information processing , infant development , competence (human resources) , child development , information processing theory , cognitive psychology , social psychology , neuroscience
This study examined the relation of information processing in 7‐month‐old preterms (<1750 g at birth) and full‐terms to Bayley Mental Development Indexes (MDIs) at 2 and 3 years. The infant measures were drawn from four cognitive domains: attention, speed, memory, and representational competence. Structural equation modeling showed that these measures of infant information processing mediated the effects of prematurity, and that there was a cascade of effects, with infant processing speed influencing memory and representational competence, which in turn influenced later MDI. This study shows that infant information processing mediates the effect of prematurity on later cognition, and delineates pathways whereby infant abilities relate to one another and to later outcome.