Re:Brain impairments in premature infants may begin in the womb
by joepanda on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:39PM
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I was born almost a month premature. I didn't start talking until much later than my siblings and am markedly less social. I've also read that brain lateralization may occur later in pregnancy and although my family is all right-handed, I am very left side dominant. It's kind of a bummer to read this, but at least anecdotally, it agrees my experience.
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Re:Brain impairments in premature infants may begin in the womb
by psbp on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:59PM
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Exact same situation. I never struggled academically, but to this day I'm still socially reserved.
Here's a great paper comparing lefties in terms of several long-term outcomes, none of them are good :( http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/joshuagoodman/files/rwp12-0...
The paper does include the potential link between left-handedness and pre-term birth.
Re:Brain impairments in premature infants may begin in the womb
by sogen on Monday January 09, 2017 @11:42PM
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One question, where you in NICU?
Re:Brain impairments in premature infants may begin in the womb
by silencio on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @01:58AM
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I think once you're near something like 34-36 weeks, it's only a thing if you have problems staying warm or eating or breathing. I was late preterm too like your parent comment and I did not have a nicu stay.