SLEEP PATTERNS IN CHILDREN OF SUPERIOR INTELLIGENCE
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SUMMARY: To examine the relationship between superior intellectual functioning and physiological patterns and events during sleep, male children (8–12 years old) of superior (x̄ IQ: 133.3) and average (x̄ IQ: 111.0) intelligence were recorded for five consecutive nights using standard electrographic measures. Compared to normal controls, superior IQ subjects had greater amounts of TST, stage 2, stage 3, total NREM sleep, a longer average NREM cycle length and significantly less average REM density. In addition, significant negative relationships were obtained between full‐scale IQ and REM density, and between verbal IQ and REM density. The results suggest that patterns and amounts of sleep stages in superior IQ children do not differ in any dramatic fashion from those of children with average IQ. However, the negative correlations between IQ measures and eye movement density during REM sleep are consonant with previous notions relating eye movement density to waking information processing strategies and suggest a carry‐over of such strategies from wakefulness to sleep.
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In some studies, gifted children tended to sleep longer and had more stage 2 sleep compared with controls.
“In some studies, gifted children tended to sleep longer and had more stage 2 sleep, compared with controls (153, 1183).”
From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [153]
Correlations between REM sleep and IQ measures in healthy children and adults revealed mixed results.
“However, correlations between REM sleep and IQ measures in healthy children and adults revealed mixed results (126,153,922,923,1183).”
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- Authors
- Busby, K., & Pivik, R. T.
- Affiliations
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Pivik, R. T.
- ORCID
- Pivik, R. T.
- Venue
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1983-10
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 587-600
- ISSN
- 0021-9630 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7610
- OpenAlex
- W2026119088
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 49
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- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Keywords
- sleep patterns, superior intelligence, REM sleep density, NREM sleep, sleep stages, eye movements during sleep
- MeSH terms
- Child, Child, Gifted, Humans, Intelligence, Male, Sleep Stages, Sleep, REM, Wechsler Scales
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