2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Analytical study of visual cognitive function in learning disorders in preterm children
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26461527
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Pediatrics
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| Research Institution | Kagawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
加藤 育子 香川大学, 医学部附属病院, 助教 (00613720)
日下 隆 香川大学, 医学部, 教授 (50274288)
小西 行彦 香川大学, 医学部, 助教 (60528157)
惠羅 修吉 香川大学, 教育学部, 教授 (70251866)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 早産児 / 学習障害 / 視覚認知障害 / 極低出生体重児 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Very low birth weight (VLBW) children often have learning difficulties. We aimed to clarify the characteristics of cognitive function in VLBW children. We conducted Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC), Bender Gestalt Test (BGT) and global/local visual cognitive tasks for the VLBW children aged 5 to 10 years who had no abnormality on brain MRI and no neurological abnormalities. The results of K-ABC revealed remarkably low “Achievement Scales”. In the BGT and the global graphic tasks, the VLBW children recognized developmental delay of visual-motor perception compared to the term-born children. Among the VLBW children, the eye tracker showed children with problems in eye movement suggesting a relationship with learning difficulties.
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| Free Research Field |
特別支援教育
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