Psychotic-like experiences in children born very preterm: evidence from clinical and population-based cohorts
Clàudia Aymerich, Marguerite Leoni, Alexandria O’Reilly Mescall, Zeyuan Sun, Divyangana Rakesh, Paola Dazzan, Emily Simonoff, Anthony David Edwards, Lucy D. Vanes, Chiara Nosarti
This study examines psychotic-like experiences in children born very preterm compared to full-term controls in two cohorts, finding increased vulnerability in perceptual abnormalities but no replication in a population-based cohort.
bioRxiv · Aug 18, 2026 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology