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If you choose to follow any links to the abstract and/or complete text of the item listed below, you will be leaving the Strategian Web site. If you wish to return to this page from the Web page you are sent to, please use the Back option of your browser.  R.E. DahlThe Impact of Inadequate Sleep on Children's Daytime Cognitive Function. (... a review of research that describes the relationship between sleep and cognitive function in children. The author found that the actual experimental data that directly looked at any possible connections between loss or disruption of sleep and a child's ability to think clearly, successfully focus his or her attention, his or her frustration threshold, etc. was quite sparse (at least, up to the time this article was published). However, the author did find that the reviewed research supported--not surprisingly--a general picture that inadequate sleep [in children] results in tiredness, difficulties with focussed attention, low threshold to express negative affect (irritability and easy frustration), and difficulty modulating impulses and emotions. Very importantly, the author found that, in some cases, the effects of sleep loss or sleep disruption in children may resemble [the symptoms of] attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Other keywords and phrases -- ADHD, sleep deprivation -- from the text of the abstract) Seminars in Pediatric Neurology Volume 3, Number 1 (March 1996): 44-50. How to find the above journal, magazine, or other publication? See Step 3: Locate of the Information Strategy for details. Questions? Please let me know. |
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