Cognitive Function Following Acute Sleep Restriction in Children Ages 10–14
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Study objectives Various aspects of human performance were assessed in children after sleep loss. Participants Sixteen children (7 males, 9 females) between the ages of 10 and 14 years. Design and interventions Children were randomly assigned to either a control (CTRL) group, with 11 hours in bed, or an experimental sleep restriction (SR) group, with 5 hours in bed, on a single night in the sleep laboratory. Measurements Both groups were evaluated the following day with a battery of performance and sleepiness measures. Psychomotor and cognitive performance tests were given during four 1-hour testing sessions at 2-hour intervals. Results A multiple sleep latency test (MSLT) documented shorter latencies for SR children than controls. Significant treatment differences were discovered in three of four variables of verbal creativity, including fluency, flexibility, and average indices. There were also group differences found on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), which may be indicative of difficulty learning new abstract concepts. Measures of rote performance and less-complex cognitive functions, including measures of memory and learning and figural creativity, did not show differences between groups, perhaps because motivation could overcome sleepiness-related impairment for these tasks. Conclusions Higher cognitive functions in children, such as verbal creativity and abstract thinking, are impaired after a single night of restricted sleep, even when routine performance is r…
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Experimental studies have shown that just 1 night of 4-to-5-h sleep opportunity reduces sleep latency in the Multiple Sleep Latency Test and increases levels of subjective sleepiness.
“Moreover, experimental studies have shown that just 1 night of 4-to 5-h sleep opportunity reduces sleep latency in the Multiple Sleep Latency Test [14][15][16] and increases levels of subjective sleepiness.15”
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Prior studies on partial sleep deprivation in children and adolescents showed an absence of significant effects on speed of processing.
“This was slightly surprising given the absence of significant effects on this domain in prior studies on partial sleep deprivation in children and adolescents.14,16,21,26”
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Previous studies have suggested that executive function and not attention is the cognitive domain most affected in partially sleep deprived children and adolescents.
“Previous studies have suggested that executive function and not attention is the cognitive domain most affected in partially sleep deprived children and adolescents.11,16,57”
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- Authors
- Randazzo, A. C., Muehlbach, M. J., Schweitzer, P. K., & Walsh, J. K.
- Affiliations
- Saint Louis University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Angela C. Randazzo
- Venue
- Sleep
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1998-12-01
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 861-8
- ISSN
- 0161-8105 (ISSN-L)
- 1550-9109
- OpenAlex
- W1639673129
- Cited by
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- FWCI
- 11.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- SLEEP (publishedVersion)
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Keywords
- sleep deprivation, children, cognitive function, psychomotor performance, sleepiness, multiple sleep latency test, verbal creativity, abstract thinking, Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, learning and memory, motivation
- MeSH terms
- Acute Disease, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition Disorders, Female, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychomotor Performance, Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Time Factors
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