Low Bith Weight Infants

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The paper focuses on the study "Recognition and Recall in Low Birth Weight Infants" that examined low birth weight (LBW) infants' cognitive performance. The paper explains the authors' hypothesis that LBW infants will differ from their normal birth weight controls in tests of sensory processing, deferred imitation, object concept and inter modal perceptual abilities, due to intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). The paper reveals the results of the study and contends that research on the cognitive development of these children needs to continue so that we can help them to grow and flourish despite their birth weight.

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"This research took place in India, a country in which one third of the infants born are small for their gestational age. The hospitals in India categorize infants as low birth weight when they weigh less than 2000 grams at birth. Among the developed countries of the world, the United States has an unusually high rate of infants born with a LBW, with one in every twelve babies born with LBW. There were three age groups used for the infants that were selected for this study: Group I (4-6 months), group II (7-9 months), group III (10-12 months). Each group was made up of 30 LBW infants and 30 normal controls. The mean birth weight of the low birth weight infants was 1700 grams, standard deviation of 800 grams, and mean length of gestation was 40 weeks. The mean birth weight of the control group was 3000 grams, standard deviation of 500 grams, with a mean length of gestation of 40 weeks. These children went through a series of tests thought to be indicative of later intelligence."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Ittyerah, M. & Mangapalli, A. (2009). Recognition and recall in low birth weight infants. The Open Psychology Journal, 2, 1-7.

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