Immature brain structures were associated with poorer eye movement performance at 8 years of age in preterm born children.
Maria Pia BucciSimona CaldaniBéatrice BoutillierAlice FrérotCaroline FarnouxAnne-Laure VirlouvetAline Rideau-Batista-NovaisClémence TroussonValerie BiranPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2021)
These findings suggest that preterm born children have immature brain structures, particularly the parietal and frontal cortexes that are responsible for both saccade and pursuit performance. These could have been the cause of the abnormal inhibitory control measured in this study.