Brain impairments in premature infants may begin in the womb

I was born almost a month premature. I didn't start talking until much later than my siblings and am markedly less social. I've also read that brain lateralization may occur later in pregnancy and although my family is all right-handed, I am very left side dominant. It's kind of a bummer to read this, but at least anecdotally, it agrees my experience.

I was born more than a month premature and was in a NICU. I did ok in school/uni, but, I have very poor social skills compared to my siblings. I wonder if this is a contributing factor. Oh well, I guess there is nothing you can do after the fact. Just try to get on with things. On the bright side, my lack of social skills has allowed me to get really good at staring at a screen and pressing buttons! :)

This is interesting. I remember learning in a developmental biology course that the completion of brain development is one of the signals that triggers birth for human neonates.These results suggest that there might be problems throughout the upstream brain development cascade in these premature infants.

I was born 2 months early! Not sure I have anything to blame on it.