Gyrification is a hallmark of human brain development, starting in the second half of gestation in primary cortices, followed by unimodal and then transmodal associative cortices. Alterations in gyrification have been noted in premature-born newborns and children, suggesting abnormal cortical folding to be a permanent feature of prematurity……
…Serious illness, struggling to hold down a regular job, and poor social relationships are just some of the adverse outcomes in adulthood faced by those exposed to bullying in childhood… More
…Q&A with Dieter Wolke on his recent study in Psychological Science, Impact of Bullying in Childhood on Adult Health, Wealth, Crime, and Social Outcomes.
…Adults who had experienced infant regulatory problems (RPs) have more avoidant personality traits that are mediated by the default mode network (DMN). Persistent and/or multiple infant RPs and the DMN may be targets to attenuate behavioral and emotional problems.
…Objective -To investigate whether level of prematurity (very, moderate, late preterm, vs full term) is associated with physical activity from childhood to adolescence and to identify factors in childhood that predict moderate-vigorous physical activity in early adolescence.
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· IQ in childhood is a better indicator of adult wealth than maths for very preterm and very low-weight babies, according to a new study in PLOS One.
· Many preterm children demonstrating cognitive impairments attend mainstream schools, it also provides an opportunity to develop strategies for ensuring that they receive best support for their learning progress.
· The better their learning progress the more likely they are to have economic success in adult life.
…Very preterm (<32 weeks gestation; VP) and/or very low birth weight (<1500g; VLBW) children often have cognitive and mathematic difficulties. It is unknown whether VP/VLBW children’s frequent mathematic problems significantly add to the burden of negative life-course consequences over and above effects of more general cognitive deficits. Our aim was to determine whether negative consequences of VP/VLBW versus healthy term birth on adult wealth are mediated by mathematic abilities in childhood, or rather explained by more general cognitive abilities.
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Professor Dieter Wolke invited to talk on ‘Infant regulatory problems and developmental trajectories into adulthood’ International Day: Thursday 21st March 2019 at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2019 Biennial Meeting in Baltimore, USA – March 2019.
Context: Maternal gestational diabetes (GDM) and pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity (body mass index, BMI ≥25kg/m2) may adversely affect offspring cardio-metabolic health.
Objective: To assess associations of maternal GDM and pre-pregnancy overweight/obesity with adult offspring cardio-metabolic risk factors.
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