While essential for survival, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be a technologically driven and minimally social environment for preterm infants. In a new study, researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital reportthat the care structure received by extremely preterm infants in the NICU can have long-term effects on social competence and dysregulation.  

Read the whole story here: Beyond Survival: Improving Social Development in Preterm Infants.