Emotion Recognition in Preterm and Full-Term School-Age Children.

ABSTRACT: Children born preterm (<37 weeks' gestation) show a specific vulnerability for socio-emotional difficulties, which may lead to an increased likelihood of developing behavioral and psychiatric problems in adolescence and adulthood. The accurate decoding of emotional signals from faces represents a fundamental prerequisite for early social interactions, allowing children to derive information about others' feelings and intentions. The present study aims to explore possible differences between preterm and full-term children in the ability to detect emotional expressions, as well as possible relationships between this ability and socio-emotional skills and problem behaviors during everyday activities. We assessed 55 school-age children (n = 34 preterm and n = 21 full-term) wit

SUBMITTER: Della Longa L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9180201 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature