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Development of Premature Twins with Dissimilar Birth Weight. II. Mental Development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

St. Lis  and
A. Janus-Kukulska
St. Lis*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
A. Janus-Kukulska
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Academy of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
*
Department of Pediatrics Academy of Medicine, ul. Nowogrodzka 75, 02-018 Warszava, Poland

Abstract

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In follow-up psychological examinations of two groups of premature same-sex twins in preschool and school age (18 pairs with dissimilar and 15 pairs with similar birth weight), intelligence, visual and auditory perception, and drive, were evaluated.

The twins with lower birth weight usually attained lower IQs than their cotwins with higher birth weight, and nearly as a rule had poorer IQs of Verbal and Performance Scales. They also more often were hyperactive and had concentration difficulties. There were no differences in visual and auditory perception.

Type
2. Twin Postnatal Development
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 22 , supplement S1 , October 1972 , pp. 125 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972