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Face Processing in Prematurely Born Individuals-A Systematic Review.

Tiffany Tang¹, Kasper Pledts¹, Matthijs Moerkerke¹

¹Center for Developmental Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 ON5B bus 1029, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.

|January 8, 2025

Summary

Individuals born prematurely often experience challenges with socio-emotional development and face processing. This review highlights altered facial recognition and expression interpretation in preterm individuals, potentially increasing psychopathology risk.

Keywords:

face processing preterm birth psychopathology social difficulties

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Pediatrics

Background:

Premature birth is linked to heightened risks of socio-emotional deficits and psychopathologies, including autism spectrum disorder.
Impaired processing of social cues from faces may contribute to these vulnerabilities in preterm individuals.

Purpose of the Study:

To comprehensively review existing literature on face processing in individuals born preterm or with low birth weight.
To synthesize findings across various age groups, experimental paradigms, and outcome measures.

Main Methods:

Systematic review of 27 studies published between 2000 and mid-2022.
Analysis of behavioral and neuroimaging data related to face processing.
Interpretation of results across different developmental stages.

Main Results:

Behavioral evidence indicates poorer facial identity and expression processing in preterm individuals compared to term-born controls, particularly for negative emotions.
Structural brain abnormalities and delayed maturation in neural face processing regions are observed.
Neuroimaging reveals functional atypicalities in face processing networks, potentially stemming from structural changes or compensatory mechanisms.

Conclusions:

Altered face processing in preterm individuals is associated with an increased risk for psychopathology.
Further research is needed to understand the preterm behavioral phenotype and explore potential face processing rehabilitation strategies.