Research News - Premature Babies and Children
The latest research news and developments for premature babies and older children.
Brain Study in Premature Children, R&D Bulletin.
' It is thought that the reason that some recover cognitive function is due to the developing
brains plasticity. '
Please refer to pages 1 & 3
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Understanding the Brain - The Birth of a Learning Science
After two decades of pioneering work in brain research, the education community has started to realise that “understanding the brain” can help to open new pathways to improve educational research, policies and practice. This report synthesises progress on the braininformed approach to learning, and uses this to address key issues for the education community. It offers no glib solutions nor does it claim that brain-based learning is a panacea. It does provide an objective assessment of the current state of the research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and learning, and maps research and policy implications for the next decade. © OECD 2007
Follow-Up Study of Infants Born Prematurely King's College London
A new fMRI study started in April 2007 and is due to completed by March 2010. This new study will involve fMRI tasks for cognitive functions which have been found to be affected in those born preterm – memory for everyday events and the ability to generate as many words as possible beginning with a given letter (verbal fluency). This new study will improve the understanding of the long-term consequences of preterm birth, especially in the subgroup of preterm individuals who sustained brain damage during the neonatal period, and clarify some of the ‘healing’ processes following various degrees of early brain injury.
Premature children show brain connectivity changes at age 12 25 February 2008
These studies...suggest that preterm birth results in significant, long-term, cerebral microstructural changes in children with no known evidence of intraventricular hemorrhage or cystic white matter injury in the newborn period. © 2008 Medicexchange PLC
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