A lack of sleep is associated with more absence and teens turn up jet lagged to school on Mondays, as shown in a doctoral thesis
by sleep researcher Serena Bauducco, at Örebro University, Sweden.
Lichstein uncovered a huge group of people who complained bitterly of insomnia, but yet, when measured
by sleep researchers, seemed to sleep pretty well.
Not exact matches
When
researchers out of Russia examined the
sleep and wakefulness rhythms of 130 study subjects (
by keeping the obliging participants up for a full 24 hours and quizzing them periodically about how they were feeling), the scientists found that some folks really didn't prefer early or late hours.
In a study funded
by NASA, David Dinges, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a team of
researchers found that letting astronauts
sleep for as little as fifteen minutes markedly improved their cognitive performance, even when the nap didn't lead to an increase in alertness or the ability to pay more attention to a boring task.
Regarded
by many of his peers as the world's leading
sleep and dream
researcher, he identifies the dream state as a distinct, vital «third state» of mental activity to be respected for its unique function.
Cheri Mah, a
researcher in the Stanford
Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory, «showed that basketball players at the elite college level were able to improve their on - the - court performance by increasing their amount of total sleep time.&r
Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory, «showed that basketball players at the elite college level were able to improve their on - the - court performance
by increasing their amount of total
sleep time.&r
sleep time.»
In 2011, a group of
sleep researchers did a study at Stanford and discovered that varsity athletes there significantly increased their performance (regardless of sport)
by sleeping 10 hours a day.
At 6 months of age, only 22 % of babies studied who
slept on their backs were independently sitting (as compared to the 50 % expected
by researchers).
In one study comparing two groups of preterm infants,
researchers found that children who'd received skin - to - skin contact in the first weeks postpartum had developed,
by age 10, more healthy stress response systems, improved
sleep patterns, and better cognitive control (Feldman et al 2014).
I've mentioned The Wonder Weeks before, a book all about potential mental leaps, and what to expect (including
sleep regressions)
by Dutch
researchers Ranjt and Plooij.
And the assumption
by pediatric
sleep researchers that there is one ideal
sleeping arrangement for all, or that cosleeping is harmful and detrimental or that infants need to «consolidate their
sleep as soon in life as is possible» is not only fallacious but harmful and it explains why western parents are the most exhausted, disappointed least satisfied, (yet, most educated and well read), I am convinced, than any other parents on the planet, as regards their infant's
sleep.
Moreover, I believe that the current models promoted
by pediatric
sleep researchers that ignore feeding method and the importance of breastfeeding and breastmilk - delivery and the nutrition it provides are fundamentally flawed having emerged from recent cultural ideologies and not from studies of the biology of infancy or parenting.
As an added note, I am pleased to acknowledge the statement of appreciation of my SIDS and infant
sleep research and advocacy for good sciecne, as expressed below
by Dr. Brad Gessner, a well respected SIDS
researcher from the state of Alaska.
API highlights this White Paper response to the Carpenter et al. analysis written
by noted
researchers in the areas of infant
sleep, including
researchers affiliated with API:
A Scottish study conducted
by researchers from the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and published in the November 2002 «BMJ» found a correlation between SIDS death and
sleeping on previously used mattresses, especially those that came from someone else's home.
That was the goal of the new study,
by researchers at Hasbro Children's Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, who found that
sleep position does not affect the severity of head flattening.
In the late 1950s
sleep researchers reported that 70 % of the 160 babies they studied began settling
by three months of age.
Some
researchers speculate the colic is caused
by an immature
sleep / wake system.
Researchers have found that the light given off
by TVs, computer screens, video games, and cell phones interferes with the
sleep hormone melatonin.
Children's eating and
sleeping habits are the two most common concerns parents bring to their pediatricians, write
researchers, led
by Dr. Riva Tauman of Tel Aviv Medical Center.
As a
researcher in SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), Professor McKenna explains that these small transient arousals may lessen a baby's susceptibility to some forms of SIDS which are thought to be caused
by failure to arouse from deep
sleep to re-establish breathing patterns.
She also instinctively bends her legs completing the protective space around the baby, making it impossible for another person to roll onto the baby without first coming into contact with her legs.15, 16 A breastfeeding mother who co-sleeps with her baby (and has not consumed alcohol, illegal or
sleep - inducing drugs or extreme fatigue) also tends to be highly responsive to her baby's needs.17, 18 Studies show more frequent arousals in both mothers and babies when they co-
sleep, and some
researchers have suggested that this may be protective against sudden unexpected infant deaths.19 — 21 Babies are checked
by their mother and breastfeed more frequently when co-sleeping than when room - sharing.22, 23
The recent study, published
by researchers from Penn State College of Medicine, found that inadequate
sleep was linked to a faster weight gain in babies.
Even the
researchers behind the bedsharing cautions agree that
by about four months bedsharing
by any responsible, nonsmoking adult is as safe as having your baby
sleep separately in a bassinet or crib.
Sleep disorders have been found
by various
researchers to put stress on parent's emotional and physical resources, put parent - child relationships at risk, affect a child's well being, as well as strain a mother and father's relationship.
Most recently, he noted,
researchers reported in Science that
sleep functions as a kind of «sewer system» for the brain, at least in mice,
by flushing beta - amyloid, which is known to accumulate in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Pregnant women who are diagnosed with
sleep disorders such as
sleep apnea and insomnia appear to be at risk of delivering their babies before reaching full term, according to an analysis of California births
by researchers at UC San Francisco.
The
researchers were surprised
by how few women in the dataset — well below 1 percent — had a
sleep disorder diagnosis, and suspect that only the most serious cases were identified.
The
researchers found that children whose mothers have insomnia symptoms fall asleep later, get less
sleep, and spend less time in deep
sleep, as measured
by EEG.
A group of
researchers led
by Ronald Chervin of the University of Michigan have discovered an apparent link between enlarged tonsils — which are known to have an impact on
sleep quality — and attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
The study quite reasonably suggests there is a finite amount of
sleep to be had, at least for the 50 Japanese 19 - month - olds tracked
by researchers.
To investigate,
researchers led
by Roberto Pisoni, MD (Medical University of South Carolina) analyzed information on 56 patients with diabetes and CKD who had undergone screening for obstructive
sleep apnea through the use of a questionnaire.
In the study that is now being published in the scientific journal
SLEEP, sleep researchers Jonathan Cedernaes and Christian Benedict, sought to investigate the role of nocturnal sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
SLEEP,
sleep researchers Jonathan Cedernaes and Christian Benedict, sought to investigate the role of nocturnal sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
sleep researchers Jonathan Cedernaes and Christian Benedict, sought to investigate the role of nocturnal
sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed
by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive st
sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive stress.
Next, the
researchers sought to identify a potential brain mechanism
by which disrupted
sleep worsens pain.
Now, in research published in the journal eLife,
researchers from Imperial College London have identified a factor that affects
sleep by only influencing the brain: sexual arousal.
When a kid gets concussed, the instinct of many parents, myself included, is to cocoon their child, limiting social interaction, activity and even
sleep, a recent poll conducted
by researchers at UCLA suggests.
In a new study scheduled for publication in The Journal of Pediatrics,
researchers found that cardiometabolic risk in obese adolescents may be predicted
by typical
sleep patterns.
Sleep may influence an eyewitness's ability to correctly pick a guilty person out of a police lineup, indicates a study
by Michigan State University
researchers.
In a series of experiments sparked
by fruit flies that couldn't
sleep, Johns Hopkins
researchers say they have identified a mutant gene — dubbed «Wide Awake» — that sabotages how the biological clock sets the timing for
sleep.
The $ 100,000 European Union Marie Curie Career Integration Grant will allow a new PhD
researcher to follow up on studies of
sleep / wake behaviour
by current Southampton postgraduate
researcher, Karolina Mirowska.
A 2009 study
by Harvard University
researchers showed that in just 10 days, three of eight healthy volunteers developed prediabetic blood - sugar levels when their
sleep - wake schedule was gradually shifted out of alignment.
For
researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging in Cologne, the sleeplessness experienced
by the fruit fly Drosophila is therefore a model case for human
sleeping behavior.
The switch in the brain that sends us off to
sleep has been identified
by researchers at Oxford University's Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour in a study in fruit flies.
Researchers at the University of Auckland investigated
sleep position of pregnant women
by setting up an infrared video camera to record their position as they
slept.
Unbalanced signaling
by two molecules that regulate breathing leads to
sleep apnea in mice and rats,
researchers report in the Jan. 23, 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The study,
by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, was published online this month in the journal
Sleep.
In this new study,
researchers investigated children from a city environment who had been exposed to animal skin
by sleeping on the material shortly after birth.
With this in mind, University of Michigan
researchers are exploring a new way to improve cognitive issues, such as memory, attention and mental processing in MS patients:
by examining
sleep.
Five years ago,
researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, showed that the UPR is an adaptive response to stress induced
by sleep deprivation and is impaired in the brains of old mice.
In the same study, for those who were
sleep deprived, «self - reported hunger and appetite ratings significantly increased
by 24 percent and 23 percent, respectively,» noted the authors of the review paper, which was led
by Julie Shlisky, a
researcher at The New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at Saint Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center.