RESULT ( S ) For infants , studies on psychomotor development showed no deficits , but few investigated cognitive or behavioral development .
Studies on toddlers generally reported normal cognitive , behavioral , socio-emotional , and psychomotor development .
For children in middle childhood , development seems comparable in children born after assisted reproduction and controls , although fewer studies have been conducted with follow-up to this age .
( S ) It may tentatively be concluded that the neurodevelopment of children born after  fertility treatment  is overall comparable to that in children born after spontaneous conception
OBJECTIVE To systematic ally review the existing literature on neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born after medically assisted reproduction  compared with those of children born after spontaneous conception .
A special path to parenthood: parent-child relationships in families giving birth to singleton infants through IVF.
Infertility and its treatment are increasingly viewed as public issues as well as a private concern . Treatments such as IVF draw on public re sources and pose psychological and ethical dilemmas for the community . The current paper integrates findings from a prospect i ve longitudinal study that assessed the quality of parenting in families conceiving through IVF  from an attachment theory perspective . Seventy families who conceived singleton infants through IVF and a naturally conceiving control group of 63 couples were seen during pregnancy and at 4 and 12 months postpartum . Two observational procedures were used to assess maternal sensitivity to the baby , infant responsiveness and security of attachment at 4 and 12 months respectively . There were no IVF control group differences in maternal sensitivity at 4 months or in security of attachment at 12 months . Implication s of the findings for clinicians and contemporary controversies requiring further research are discussed
RESULT ( S ) For infants , studies on psychomotor development showed no deficits , but few investigated cognitive or behavioral development .
Studies on toddlers generally reported normal cognitive , behavioral , socio-emotional , and psychomotor development .
For children in middle childhood , development seems comparable in children born after assisted reproduction and controls , although fewer studies have been conducted with follow-up to this age .
( S ) It may tentatively be concluded that the neurodevelopment of children born after  fertility treatment  is overall comparable to that in children born after spontaneous conception
OBJECTIVE To systematic ally review the existing literature on neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born after medically assisted reproduction  compared with those of children born after spontaneous conception .