Maternal DHA and the Development of Attention in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Infants were followed longitudinally to document the relationship between docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) levels and the development of attention. Erythrocyte (red-blood cell; RBC) phospholipid DHA (percentage of total fatty acids) was measured from infants and mothers at delivery. Infants were assessed...

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Published in:	Child development Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 1254 - 1267
Main Authors:	Colombo, John, Kannass, Kathleen N., Jill Shaddy, D., Kundurthi, Shashi, Maikranz, Julie M., Anderson, Christa J., Blaga, Otilia M., Carlson, Susan E.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing 01-07-2004 Blackwell Publishers Blackwell Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects:	Age Differences Arachidonic Acid - metabolism Attention Attention - physiology Attention Control Attentional processes Biological and medical sciences Blood tests Brain - metabolism Child Child development Child Development - physiology Children Cognition Cognition & reasoning Cognitive Development Comparative analysis Developmental psychology Distractibility Docosahexaenoic Acids - metabolism Double-Blind Method Electrocardiography Empirical Articles Fatty acids Female Follow-Up Studies Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Habituation Habituation, Psychophysiologic Humans Infancy Infant Infants Mothers Newborn. Infant Nutrition Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Risk factors Toddlers Toys Unsaturated fatty acids Human Mother Follow up study Attention Distraction Red blood cell Infant Cognition Cognitive development Docosahexaenoic acid
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Summary:	Infants were followed longitudinally to document the relationship between docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) levels and the development of attention. Erythrocyte (red-blood cell; RBC) phospholipid DHA (percentage of total fatty acids) was measured from infants and mothers at delivery. Infants were assessed in infant-control habituation at 4, 6, and 8 months augmented with psychophysiological measures, and on free-play attention and distractibility paradigms at 12 and 18 months. Infants whose mothers had high DHA at birth showed an accelerated decline in looking over the 1st year and increases in examining during single-object exploration and less distractibility in the 2nd year. These findings are consistent with evidence suggesting a link between DHA and cognitive development in infancy.
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ISSN:	0009-3920 1467-8624
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-8624.2004.00737.x