Head Lauren M, Baralt Melissa, Darcy Mahoney Ashley E
J Pediatr Health Care. 2015 Mar-Apr;29(2):126-36. doi: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2014.08.015. Epub 2014 Oct 1.
Preterm birth is associated with long-term deficits in executive functioning and cognitive performance. Using the model of brain plasticity as a theoretical framework, it is possible that preterm infants' neurodevelopmental sequelae can be altered. Evidence suggests that bilingualism confers cognitive advantages on executive functioning, so it is possible that bilingualism may improve preterm infants' neurodevelopment. However, bilingualism has only been studied in term children. This review examined literature that compared the performance of preterm-born children to term children and bilingual children to monolingual children on executive function tasks. To address cognitive disparities in preterm-born children, studies investigating the effect of bilingualism on preterm infants' executive functioning is warranted.
早产与执行功能和认知表现的长期缺陷有关。以大脑可塑性模型作为理论框架，早产婴儿的神经发育后遗症有可能得到改变。有证据表明，双语能力赋予执行功能认知优势，所以双语能力有可能改善早产婴儿的神经发育。然而，双语能力仅在足月儿中得到研究。本综述审视了将早产儿童与足月儿以及双语儿童与单语儿童在执行功能任务上的表现进行比较的文献。为解决早产儿童的认知差异问题，有必要开展研究来调查双语能力对早产婴儿执行功能的影响。
