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

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 th...

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Published in:Developmental neuropsychology 2013-07, Vol.38 (5), p.317-336
Main Authors: Molfese, Dennis L., Ivanenko, Anna, Key, Alexandra Fonaryova, Roman, Adrienne, Molfese, Victoria J., O'Brien, Louise M., Gozal, David, Kota, Srinivas, Hudac, Caitlin M.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Acoustic Stimulation
Actigraphy
Age
Brain - physiopathology
Brain Mapping
Child
Child psychology
Childrens health
Cognitive ability
Electroencephalography
Evoked Potentials - physiology
Humans
Impact analysis
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Orientation
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Photic Stimulation
Psychoacoustics
Sleep deprivation
Sleep Deprivation - pathology
Sleep Deprivation - physiopathology
Speech Perception - physiology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:8756-5641
1532-6942
DOI:10.1080/87565641.2013.799169