Sleep and human cognitive development

GM Mason, S Lokhandwala, T Riggins… - Sleep medicine …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Emerging studies across learning domains have shed light on mechanisms underlying
sleep's benefits during numerous developmental periods. In this conceptual review, we …

Slee** on the motor engram: The multifaceted nature of sleep-related motor memory consolidation

BR King, K Hoedlmoser, F Hirschauer, N Dolfen… - Neuroscience & …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
For the past two decades, it has generally been accepted that sleep benefits motor memory
consolidation processes. This notion, however, has been challenged by recent studies and …

Nap**: a public health issue. From epidemiological to laboratory studies

B Faraut, T Andrillon, MF Vecchierini, D Leger - Sleep medicine reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Sleep specialists have proposed measures to counteract the negative short-and long-term
consequences of sleep debt, and some have suggested the nap as a potential and powerful …

Exploring the nap paradox: are mid-day sleep bouts a friend or foe?

J Mantua, RMC Spencer - Sleep medicine, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The mid-day nap, sometimes called a siesta, is a ubiquitous occurrence across the lifespan.
It is well established that in addition to reducing sleepiness, mid-day naps offer a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analyses on the effects of afternoon nap** on cognition

RLF Leong, JC Lo, MWL Chee - Sleep medicine reviews, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Naps are increasingly considered a means to boost cognitive performance. We quantified
the cognitive effects of nap** in 60 samples from 54 studies. 52 samples evaluated …

Sleep electroencephalography and brain maturation: developmental trajectories and the relation with cognitive functioning

M Gorgoni, A D'Atri, S Scarpelli, F Reda, L De Gennaro - Sleep Medicine, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Sleep has a crucial role in brain functioning and cognition, and several sleep
electroencephalography (EEG) hallmarks are associated with intellectual abilities, neural …

Slow wave sleep in naps supports episodic memories in early childhood

S Lokhandwala, RMC Spencer - Developmental science, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Naps have been shown to benefit visuospatial learning in early childhood. This benefit has
been associated with sleep spindles during the nap. However, whether young children's …

Habitual sleep is associated with both source memory and hippocampal subfield volume during early childhood

T Riggins, RMC Spencer - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Previous research has established important developmental changes in sleep and memory
during early childhood. These changes have been linked separately to brain development …

Television use and its effects on sleep in early childhood

AF Helm, RMC Spencer - Sleep health, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of television (TV) viewing
and bedroom TV presence on young children's sleep as measured by actigraphy. Design …

Sleep and memory in infancy and childhood

GM Mason, RMC Spencer - Annual Review of Developmental …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
Sleep supports memory processing. In adults, memories are consolidated to a greater extent
over an interval of sleep than over intervals spent awake. Behavioral evidence supports a …