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The Emergence Of Top-Down, Sensory Prediction During Learning In Infancy: A Comparison Of Full-Term And Preterm Infants, Alex M. Boldin, Romin Geiger, Lauren L. Emberson
The Emergence Of Top-Down, Sensory Prediction During Learning In Infancy: A Comparison Of Full-Term And Preterm Infants, Alex M. Boldin, Romin Geiger, Lauren L. Emberson
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Prematurity alters developmental trajectories in preterm infants even in the absence of medical complications. Here, we use fNIRS and learning tasks to probe the nature of the developmental differences between preterm and full-term born infants. Our recent work has found that prematurity disrupts the ability to engage in top-down sensory prediction after learning. We now examine the neural changes during the learning that precede prediction. In full-terms, we found modulation of all cortical regions examined during learning (temporal, frontal, and occipital). By contrast, preterm infants had no evidence of neural changes in the occipital lobe selectively. This is striking as …