Journal article
The contribution of visual processing to academic achievement in adolescents born extremely preterm or extremely low birth weight
CS Molloy, AM Di Battista, VA Anderson, A Burnett, KJ Lee, G Roberts, JL Cheong, PJ Anderson, LW Doyle
Child Neuropsychology | Published : 2017
Abstract
Children born extremely preterm (EP, <28 weeks) and/or extremely low birth weight (ELBW, <1000 g) have more academic deficiencies than their term-born peers, which may be due to problems with visual processing. The aim of this study is to determine (1) if visual processing is related to poor academic outcomes in EP/ELBW adolescents, and (2) how much of the variance in academic achievement in EP/ELBW adolescents is explained by visual processing ability after controlling for perinatal risk factors and other known contributors to academic performance, particularly attention and working memory. A geographically determined cohort of 228 surviving EP/ELBW adolescents (mean age 17 years) was studi..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The following were successful applicants for Project Grant #491246 from the NHMRC - Lex Doyle, Peter Anderson, Stephen Wood, Colin Robertson, Sarah Hope, Doug Hacking, Jeanie Cheong. This work was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Project Grant 491246; Centre for Clinical Research Excellence 546519; Centre for Research Excellence 1060733; Senior Research Fellowship 628371 to P.J.A; Early Career Fellowship 1053787 to J.L.Y.C.) and the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.