Bebês prematuros não apresentam preferência por faces nas primeiras horas de vida

Abstract

Introduction: Newborns have face of discrimination and widespread perception skills to discriminate stimuli. The aim of this study was to evaluate the recognition of facial stimuli in preterm infants in the first few hours of life. Methods: We studied 54 newborns and 23 neighboring preterm and 31 term infants. The stimuli consisted of two white boards in head shape and neck with a black outer border: one with the design of a similar face to the human face (lined eyes above the nose and mouth), and one with the drawing of a unconfigured face (eyes, mouth and nose misaligned). Results: Newborns premature recognize facial stimuli and show no preference for faces configured (p = 0.42), unlike newborns terms (p = 0.003).