Social orienting in prematurely born preschoolers: a case control study showing altered neural tuning towards voices, not faces.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite advancements in neonatal care, premature infants remain at increased risk for cognitive and socio-emotional difficulties, collectively referred to as the preterm behavioral phenotype. A particular aspect of this phenotype is atypical social orienting, characterized by reduced attention towards socially relevant information, similar to what has been reported for autism spectrum disorder.

Methods

We monitored a cohort of prematurely born children from birth. At five years of age, we administered a series of frequency-tagging electroencephalography (EEG) paradigms to investigate their neural sensitivity to social cues, i.e., sensitivity for faces and voices. Frequency-tagging EEG utilizes fast periodic stimulation to elicit synchronized brain responses measur

SUBMITTER: Van den Broeck R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12312245 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature