Infants born preterm demonstrate reduced task-specific exploration during the scaffolded kick-activated mobile task.

ABSTRACT: This study quantified the spatial exploration of 13 infants born very and extremely preterm (PT) at 4 months corrected age as they learned that moving their feet vertically to cross a virtual threshold activated an infant kick-activated mobile and compared results to 15 infants born full-term (FT) from a previously published study. Spatial exploration was quantified using two general spatial exploration variables (exploration volume, exploration path), two task-specific spatial variables (duration of time in the task-specific region of interest, vertical variance of kicks), and one non-task-specific spatial variable (horizontal variance of kicks). The infants born PT, similar to FT, increased their general spatial exploration and duration in the region of interest and did not change the ve

SUBMITTER: Kim JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538249 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature