By 1985 newly devised behavioural and electrophysiological techniques had been used to
track development of infants' acuity, contrast sensitivity and binocularity, and for clinical …

Preterm birth is a risk factor for deficits of neurological and cognitive development. Four
cohort studies are reported investigating the effects of very premature birth (< 32 weeks …

Background There is evidence for weak positive relationships between physical activity,
aerobic fitness, and motor skills to executive functions and academic achievement. Studies …

This paper reports a study contrasting dyslexic children against a control group of children
without special educational needs (SEN) and a group with varied SENs. Children's abilities …

Background: Adverse cognitive and educational outcomes are often ascribed to perinatal
hypoxia without good evidence. Objective: To investigate neurocognitive and behavioural …

Children born preterm have been shown to exhibit poor motor function and behaviour that is
associated with school failure in the presence of average intelligence. A geographically …

Background: Infants born of low birth weight often have poor subsequent growth (especially
if they were born very preterm), which has been shown to relate to later motor and cognitive …

Deficits in handwriting performance limit the school participation of children with
developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The aim of this study was to compare the …

We examine hypotheses for the neural basis of the profile of visual cognition in young
children with Williams syndrome (WS). These are:(a) that it is a consequence of anomalies …

Objective The immediate impact of child maltreatment on health and developmental
trajectories over time is unknown. Longitudinal studies starting in the direct aftermath of …