Premature birth linked to withdrawn personality

Friday, July 24, 2015 - 09:20 in Health & Medicine

Adults born very premature are more likely to be socially withdrawn and display signs of autism, research shows. The results showed that the adults born very preterm scored highly for displaying a socially withdrawn personality, indicated by autistic features, neuroticism, introversion and decreased risk taking.

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