Moderately and late preterms have problem recognizing faces after birth.

a l b A r s i p i p l b umans communicate more with our faces than any other reature. The face is an extremely complex system regulatng affective responses. According to Heise,1 affective esponses formed into feelings are the everyday basis for enerating cultural events. Thus, the face can be considered s a key element in socialization. The ability to recognize faces is important for the human ocial life and attachment behavior, not only as adults but lso as a newborn child. This gift is somewhat present lready at birth, when infants express a strong interest in ace-like figures and can differentiate between facial and on-facial images. Children born preterm may suffer from different neuroevelopmental problems and neuropsychological disorders han children born full term.2,3 Prosopagnosia, the inabilty to recognize faces, also called ‘‘face blindness’’, can e a part of prematurity-related neurodevelopmental disorer spectrum, but also an isolated event. Preterm infants re more likely to suffer from prosopagnosia.4 It can have profound impact of a child’s life, as it is a great social