Description du projet
Identifier les risques cognitifs chez les prématurés
Les naissances prématurées touchent plus d’un bébé sur dix et sont liées à des difficultés dans des compétences cognitives cruciales telles que la perception numérique et visuelle. Il existe toutefois un manque important de connaissances sur les associations neuronales et comportementales de ces compétences chez les prématurés et les enfants nés à terme. Soutenu par le programme Actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie, le projet PrePER vise à découvrir les signatures neurales des dysfonctionnements cognitifs chez les prématurés au cours de leur première année et à évaluer l’impact des interactions parents-bébé dans la prédiction des défis cognitifs au cours de leur deuxième année. En établissant des critères d’identification des nourrissons à risque, PrePER cherche à améliorer les diagnostics et les interventions précoces, au bénéfice des communautés scientifiques, des parents et des prestataires de soins de santé. Cette recherche pionnière pourrait renforcer l’aide apportée aux prématurés.
Objectif
The number of preterm births is on the rise -now more than 1 in 10 babies- and being born preterm is associated with having difficulties in two very important and related cognitive skills that we rely on daily: numerical and visual perception. However, a knowledge gap exists on neural and behavioural associations of numerical and visual perception in full-term and preterm infants. PrePER aims to uncover the underlying neural signatures of the cognitive dysfunctions that preterm infants might display in the first year of their lives and the role of parent-baby interaction to predict preterm infants that are at risk of developing these cognitive difficulties in the second year of their lives. The purpose is to establish criteria to identify infants (especially preterm) at-risk of having cognitive difficulties in numerical and visual perception. Shedding light on normal and impaired cognitive functions in infancy is an essential stepping stone that will pave the way for early diagnostic tools and interventions that would correct the cognitive dysfunctions more efficiently while the brain is still developing. The activities in PrePER will lead to original and innovative outcomes that are beneficial for four parties: 1) Scientific communities will be interested in the results as the ambitious research objectives address questions that have not been asked before. 2) Parents of preterm infants, health-care providers, and policy makers will be interested in the results as the overall aim is to establish criteria to identify infants at-risk of having cognitive-developmental difficulties in the first year of their lives. 3) The researcher will be accelerating her career progression as the training objectives meet her specific needs. 4) The supervisor will be enlarging her research interest and network as the research objectives include a topic within the researcher’s expertise.
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Appel à propositions
(s’ouvre dans une nouvelle fenêtre) HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01
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Norvège