The objective of this study is to compare the fetal mortality rate (FMR), early neonatal mortality rate (ENMR) and perinatal mortality rate (PMR) of twin and single births. It is based on a survey which was carried out in 22 Hospital Centers in Spain in 1980, and covered 1,956 twins born and 110,734 singletons born. The FMR in twins was 36.3/1000 and 8.8/1000 for singletons. The ENMR in twins w...

OBJECTIVE The language development of twins tends to lag behind in comparison to that of singletons. The purpose of this study was to compare expressive and receptive language skills of 3- to 12-year-old twins with singletons. Secondly, correlations between language differences between twins and singletons and age were investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-four twins with a mean age of 5....

Pregnancy- and birth-related factors may have an effect on handedness. Compared with singletons, twins have a lower birth weight, shorter gestational age, and are at higher risk for birth complications. We tested whether the prevalence of left-handedness is higher among twins than singletons, and if so, whether that difference is fully explained by pregnancy and birth-related differences betwee...

There is considerable controversy about whether salient singletons capture attention in a bottom-up fashion, irrespective of top-down control settings. One possibility is that salient singletons always generate an attention capture signal, but this signal can be actively suppressed to avoid capture. In the present study, we investigated this issue by using event-related potential recordings, fo...

Background: Research on twin-singleton differences in externalizing and internalizing problems in childhood is largely cross-sectional and yields contrasting results. The goal of this study was to compare developmental trajectories of externalizing and internalizing problems in 6to 12-year-old twins and singletons. Methods: Child Behavior Checklist maternal reports of externalizing and internal...

BACKGROUND Studies in twins may be questioned with respect to their representativeness of the general population, not least considering the potential importance of the fetal environment for future health and disease. To better understand the influence twinning may have on health, we investigated long-term health outcomes of twins, their singleton siblings and singletons from the population. M...

STUDY QUESTIONS What are the risks of adverse outcomes in singletons born after frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET)? SUMMARY ANSWER Singletons born after FET have a better perinatal outcome compared with singletons born after fresh IVF and ICSI as regards low birthweight (LBW) and preterm birth (PTB), but a worse perinatal outcome compared with singletons born after spontaneous conception. ...

There is considerable debate as to whether color singletons can capture attention in a stimulus-driven manner. In this study, we explore one potential capture enabling condition – low perceptual load. To test this hypothesis, we manipulated perceptual load in a flanker task in which flanking letters sometimes were color singletons. If low load enhances capture by color singletons, then color si...