About the Authors

Dino Gibertoni

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Unit of Hygiene and Biostatistics—University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Luigi Corvaglia

luigi.corvaglia@unibo.it

Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Silvia Vandini

Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Paola Rucci

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Unit of Hygiene and Biostatistics—University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Silvia Savini

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Rosina Alessandroni

Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Alessandra Sansavini

Affiliation Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Maria Pia Fantini

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, Unit of Hygiene and Biostatistics—University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Giacomo Faldella

Affiliation Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit—S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC GF. Performed the experiments: AS SS RA SV. Analyzed the data: DG PR. Wrote the paper: DG LC SV PR SS RA AS MPF GF.