Abstract Purpose of Review Preterm birth is the leading cause of death worldwide in
children< 5 years of age; however, technology and advances in medical knowledge are …

Very preterm birth (VPT;< 32 weeks of gestation) has been associated with an increased risk
to develop cognitive and socio-emotional problems, as well as with increased vulnerability …

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

Visual processing of biological motion (BM) produced by living organisms is of immense
value for successful daily-life activities and, in particular, for adaptive social behavior and …

Background The incidence of preterm delivery and the survival rate of preterm newborns are
rising, due to the increased use of assisted reproductive technology associated with multiple …

Children born very preterm are at a greater risk of abnormal visual and neurological
development when compared to children born at full term. Preterm birth is associated with …

The aim of this study was to examine attention in a large, representative, contemporary
cohort of children born extremely preterm (EP) and/or extremely low birth weight (ELBW) …

Amblyopia is a neurodevelopmental disorder of the visual system that is associated with
disrupted binocular vision during early childhood. There is evidence that the effects of …

A range of neurobehavioral impairments, including impaired visual perception and visual-
motor integration, are found in very preterm born children, but reported findings show great …

Abstract Research in the Visual Development Unit on “dorsal stream vulnerability'(DSV)
arose from research in two somewhat different areas. In the first, using cortical milestones for …