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A One-Hour Sleep Restriction Impacts Brain Processing in Young Children Across Tasks: Evidence From Event-Related Potentials

Year: 2013
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: The effect of mild sleep restriction on cognitive functioning in young children is unclear, yet sleep loss may impact children's abilities to attend to tasks with high processing demands. In a preliminary investigation, six children (6.6-8.3 years of age) with normal sleep patterns performed three tasks: attention ("Oddball"), speech perception (consonant-vowel syllables), and executive function (Directional Stroop). Event-related potentials (ERPs) responses were recorded before (Control) and following 1 week of 1-hour per day of sleep restriction. Brain activity across all tasks following Sleep Restriction differed from activity during Control Sleep, indicating that minor sleep restriction impacts children's neurocognitive functioning.
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2013.799169
Authors: Dennis L. Molfese, Anna Ivanenko, Alexandra Fonaryova Key, Adrienne Roman, Victoria J. Molfese, Louise M. O'Brien, David Gozal, Srinivas Kota, Caitlin M. Hudac
Institutions: University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana University, University of Chicago
Language: English
Field: Psychology
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2000322626
FWCI: 6.309
Cites: 70
Cited by: 48
Related to: 10