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Sleep and Cognition in Preschool Years: Specific Links to Executive Functioning

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Title: Sleep and Cognition in Preschool Years: Specific Links to Executive Functioning
Language: English
Authors: Bernier, Annie, Beauchamp, Miriam H., Bouvette-Turcot, Andrée-Anne, Carlson, Stephanie M., Carrier, Julie
Source: Child Development. Sep-Oct 2013 84(5):1542-1553.
Availability: Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2013
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Sleep, Executive Function, Infants, Preschool Children, Cognitive Ability, Mothers
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.12063
ISSN: 0009-3920
Abstract: This study investigated the prospective links between sleep in infancy and preschoolers' cognitive performance. Mothers of 65 infants completed a sleep diary when infants were aged 1 year, and children completed two subscales of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence at 4 years, indexing general cognitive ability and complex executive functioning. Consistent with hypotheses, children getting higher proportions of their sleep at night as infants were found to perform better on executive functions, but did not show better general cognition. Relations held after controlling for family socioeconomic status and prior cognitive functioning. These findings suggest that the special importance of sleep for higher order cognition, documented among adults, may appear very early in life.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2014
Accession Number: EJ1025310
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This study investigated the prospective links between sleep in infancy and preschoolers' cognitive performance. Mothers of 65 infants completed a sleep diary when infants were aged 1 year, and children completed two subscales of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence at 4 years, indexing general cognitive ability and complex executive functioning. Consistent with hypotheses, children getting higher proportions of their sleep at night as infants were found to perform better on executive functions, but did not show better general cognition. Relations held after controlling for family socioeconomic status and prior cognitive functioning. These findings suggest that the special importance of sleep for higher order cognition, documented among adults, may appear very early in life.
ISSN:0009-3920
DOI:10.1111/cdev.12063