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Social cognition and language in children with pre/perinatal brain lesions

Children with pre/perinatal brain lesions are considered a good example of brain plasticity, due to their better cognitive and language outcomes when compared to children with SLI. However, plenty of research shows that children with pre/perinatal brain lesions have lower performance than children with no neurodevelopmental risk factors in the early development and on more complex language tasks (preschool and school period). The major aim of our study is to compare a group of children with pre/perinatal brain lesions (N =12) with a group of typically developing children at the age of 12 months. Cognitive functioning , socio-cognitive skills and language development were assessed. When children with perinatal lesions were 5 years old, a telephone survey was conducted. The aim of the survey was to find out about features of language develeopment based on parents answers. Statistical data analysis shows that children with pre/perinatal brain damage significantly differ in cognitive abilities, joint attention skills and early language features in the age of 12 months from their peers. Parents reported about different language problems in the age of 5 in most of the children with perinatal brain lesions. Some children with early brain lesions have a typical pattern of language development but some do not. The research is a part of a project „ Cognitive and language development in children at neurodevelopmental risk“ supported by The Ministry of Science, Education and Sports.

social cognition; language disorders; cross-sequential study; prereading skills

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