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The brain, interrupted – Lasting consequences of premature birth (2015)

• rossdavidh 6y ago
  "On a score of cognitive ability, the team observed impairment in 44% of those born between 24 and 25 weeks of gestation and 26% of those born at 32 weeks, compared with 12% of full-term controls..." If your definition of 'impaired cognitive ability' is broad enough to include 1 in 8 of normal term births, perhaps your definition is too broad. (full disclosure: my 15-year old daughter was 15 weeks premature, and her cognitive ability is just fine)