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Parental anxiety is also an important environmental factor that can influence the psycho-emotional development of children.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Objectives:<\/jats:bold> The present protocol aims to compare the development of social cognition in school-age children born prematurely to that of school-age children born full-term, and to determine the impact of executive (dys)function and parental anxiety on such development.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods\/Design:<\/jats:bold> In this cross-sectional protocol, 28 prematurely born children aged 7-10 years (\u201cpreterm\u201d) and 28 full-term born children aged 7-10 years (\u201ccontrol\u201d) will be included. The \u201cpreterm\u201d and \u201ccontrol\u201d groups will be matched for sex and age. 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