Unfortunately some children could born less than 2,499 grams which is considered as low birth weight (LBW). The LBW could be caused by several reasons including premature birth, multiple fetuses, uterus or cervix abnormalities, mother's health condition during the pregnancy, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, and bad habits. It is important to know that the low birth weight could cause troubles for the cognitive development of an infant later in life. To comprehend how the LBW is affecting cognitive development of children, five various articles regarding LBW were chosen for the literature review and analysis. Articles were dedicated to numerous studies in order to retrace an intellectual abilities in LBW children during their growth and
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One hundred sixteen children, sixty three LBW children and fifty three normal birth weight children participated in the experiment. All children were born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and were 5.6 years old during the experiment (Geldof et al., 2014).
The study focused on neurocognitive factors of both the LBW children and the control group children with the normal birth weight. Researchers used several methods including oculomotor assessment, Retinomax K-PLUS eye refraction testing machine, Visual Coherence Test, Position in Space, IQ, and Visual Perception tests. Also, to gather the information, teachers and parents were surveyed regarding cognitive development of the children. Researchers were attempting to examine interrelations of sensory and perceptive functions and visual and intellectual problems in LBW children. It was demonstrated that LBW children had considerable problems with visual sensory, perceptive, and intelligent functions. (Geldof et al., …show more content…
All five articles evidenced significant deviations in cognitive development, academic success, behavior and IQ in LBW children. The LBW consequences could significantly lower quality of life of the children and disrupt their normal growth and prevent them to catch up with the normal weight children. Five studies are providing tremendous amount of information about LBW and its effects on children's intellect. Nevertheless, a few children were not affected by being born LBW. It was noted that children who grew up in conventional families, had good care of, were personally taught to read, write, and speak were extremely successful at catching up their normal weight
One hundred sixteen children, sixty three LBW children and fifty three normal birth weight children participated in the experiment. All children were born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and were 5.6 years old during the experiment (Geldof et al., 2014).
The study focused on neurocognitive factors of both the LBW children and the control group children with the normal birth weight. Researchers used several methods including oculomotor assessment, Retinomax K-PLUS eye refraction testing machine, Visual Coherence Test, Position in Space, IQ, and Visual Perception tests. Also, to gather the information, teachers and parents were surveyed regarding cognitive development of the children. Researchers were attempting to examine interrelations of sensory and perceptive functions and visual and intellectual problems in LBW children. It was demonstrated that LBW children had considerable problems with visual sensory, perceptive, and intelligent functions. (Geldof et al., …show more content…
All five articles evidenced significant deviations in cognitive development, academic success, behavior and IQ in LBW children. The LBW consequences could significantly lower quality of life of the children and disrupt their normal growth and prevent them to catch up with the normal weight children. Five studies are providing tremendous amount of information about LBW and its effects on children's intellect. Nevertheless, a few children were not affected by being born LBW. It was noted that children who grew up in conventional families, had good care of, were personally taught to read, write, and speak were extremely successful at catching up their normal weight