Abstract Language is a complex multidimensional cognitive system that is connected to
many neurocognitive capacities. The development of language is therefore strongly …

Pregnant women in poverty may be especially likely to experience sleep and circadian
rhythm disturbances, which may have downstream effects on fetal neurodevelopment …

Purpose Lifestyle and work habits have been drastically altered by restrictions due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Whether the associated changes in sleep timing modulate the risk of …

Objective Prenatal sleep problems have been previously linked to poor birth outcomes.
However, much less is known about the associations between poor prenatal maternal sleep …

Background Sleep difficulties are common in pregnancy, yet poor prenatal sleep may be
related to negative long-term outcomes for the offspring, including risk for attention …

Background The rapid maturation of the fetal brain renders the fetus susceptible to prenatal
environmental signals. Prenatal maternal sleep quality is known to have important health …

The aim of this study is to investigate the association between sleep quality during
pregnancy and fetal growth. Pregnant women and their fetuses at 16–20 gestational weeks …

The brain develops most rapidly during pregnancy and early neonatal months. While prior
electrophysiological studies have shown that aperiodic brain activity undergoes changes …

The present study aims to explore the association of maternal sleep disturbances during late
pregnancy on child neuropsychological and behavioral development in preschool years …

We spend one-third of our lives in sleep, yet the core function of it still remains an enigma
due to underlying complex neural processing in this altered state of consciousness. Sleep …