Executive functions are a set of top‐down cognitive processes necessary for emotional self‐
regulation and goal‐directed behaviour supporting, among others, academic abilities …

In recent decades, music therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) has been
shown to regulate preterm infant's physiological responses and improve maternal mental …

1. Background Parents' experience of a premature birth and neonatal unit (NU) admission
with their baby is often negatively characterized by distress, trauma, depression, separation …

Introduction Having a hospitalised preterm baby is a traumatic experience that may affect
parenting and parent-infant interaction. Music therapy in a neonatal intensive care unit …

Parents who have infants hospitalised in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) experience
high levels of stress, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms. However …

The great majority of children with neurodevelopmental challenges do not get specific
intervention until after their second birthday. This worsens their outcomes, because a great …

The underlying assumption in music therapy for preterm-born infants and their parents is that
music can be provided to address treatment goals relating to psychosocial care, pain …

Early intervention (EI) programs for infants at high risk of Cerebral Palsy (CP) are strongly
grounded on principles of neuroplasticity and neuroprotection. Emerging evidence suggests …

O nascimento de um bebê pré-termo e a consequente internação na Unidade de Terapia
Intensiva Neonatal (UTINeo) se constituem em uma experiência extremamente desafiadora …

Very preterm children (born< 32 gestational weeks) are at risk for weak language skills,
including delayed lexical processing and development. Because preterm children show …