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Sleep as a window into early neural development: shifts in sleep-dependent learning effects across early childhood

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Gómez, Rebecca L, Edgin, Jamie O·2015·Child Development Perspectives

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Sleep is an important physiological state for children and adults to consolidate and generalize new learning. In this article, we review research on sleep-dependent memory consolidation and generalization in infants and preschool children, and place the findings in the context of the development of the neural systems underlying memory (the hippocampus and its connections to the cortex). Based on the extended trajectory of hippocampal development, transitions in the nature of sleep-dependent learning are expected. The studies we review show that the nature of sleep-dependent learning changes across early childhood, with sleep facilitating generalization in infants but enhancing precise memory in children 18–24 months and older. Looking ahead, studies on sleep-dependent learning in infants and young children must consider these transitions in early brain development.

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Authors
Gómez, R. L., & Edgin, J. O.
Affiliations
University of Arizona (US)
Corresponding author
Gómez, Rebecca L
Venue
Child Development Perspectives
Published
2015-08-07
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
183-189
ISSN
  • 1750-8592 (ISSN-L)
  • 1750-8606
OpenAlex
W2151855532
Cited by
93
References
44
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 3
FWCI
5.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Child Development Perspectives (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (BCS-1052887)
  • National Institutes of Health (R03HD073417, R01HD07434601A1)
  • Lumind Research Down Syndrome Foundation
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  • Fondation Jérôme Lejeune
  • Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
sleep-dependent learning, sleep-dependent memory consolidation, memory generalization, hippocampal development, early childhood, infants, preschool children, neural development

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