Journal Article Report: Processing Speed in the 1st Year of Life Background In earlier studies it has been suggested that individual differences in processing speed has its roots in infancy. Also in those studies it was suggested that preterm infants were significantly slower with processing and memory skills than full-term infants. The study that was done in this paper was to prove whether or not infants of preterm and full-term pregnancies had any effect on …showed first 75 words of 568 total…

…showed last 75 words of 568 total…this study was getting the infants to come back. Some of the children were not able to make it to all the sessions due primarily to mothers returning to work after maternity leave and lack of time in their schedule for the study. Reference Rose, S. A., Feldman, J. F., & Jankowski, J. J. (2001). Attention and recognition memory in the 1st year of life: A longitudinal study of preterm and full-term infants. Developmental Psychology, 37, 135-151