TY - JOUR
T1 - Voluntary and Involuntary Control of Attention in Adolescents Born Very Preterm
T2 - A Study of Eye Movements
AU - Twilhaar, E. Sabrina
AU - Belopolsky, Artem V.
AU - de Kieviet, Jorrit F.
AU - van Elburg, Ruurd M.
AU - Oosterlaan, Jaap
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - Very preterm birth is associated with attention deficits that interfere with academic performance. A better understanding of attention processes is necessary to support very preterm born children. This study examined voluntary and involuntary attentional control in very preterm born adolescents by measuring saccadic eye movements. Additionally, these control processes were related to symptoms of inattention, intelligence, and academic performance. Participants included 47 very preterm and 61 full-term born 13-years-old adolescents. Oculomotor control was assessed using the antisaccade and oculomotor capture paradigm. Very preterm born adolescents showed deficits in antisaccade but not in oculomotor capture performance, indicating impairments in voluntary but not involuntary attentional control. These impairments mediated the relation between very preterm birth and inattention, intelligence, and academic performance.
AB - Very preterm birth is associated with attention deficits that interfere with academic performance. A better understanding of attention processes is necessary to support very preterm born children. This study examined voluntary and involuntary attentional control in very preterm born adolescents by measuring saccadic eye movements. Additionally, these control processes were related to symptoms of inattention, intelligence, and academic performance. Participants included 47 very preterm and 61 full-term born 13-years-old adolescents. Oculomotor control was assessed using the antisaccade and oculomotor capture paradigm. Very preterm born adolescents showed deficits in antisaccade but not in oculomotor capture performance, indicating impairments in voluntary but not involuntary attentional control. These impairments mediated the relation between very preterm birth and inattention, intelligence, and academic performance.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85074027409&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/cdev.13310
DO - 10.1111/cdev.13310
M3 - Article
C2 - 31535373
AN - SCOPUS:85074027409
VL - 91
SP - 1272
EP - 1283
JO - Child Development
JF - Child Development
SN - 0009-3920
IS - 4
ER -