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Eye‐movements during Sleep: a Common Criterion of Learning Capacities and Endocrine Activity

Petre‐Quadens, O., de Lee, C.·1970·Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
DOI 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1970.tb07863.x
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SUMMARY: Electro‐oculographic recordings were made of the eye‐movements of small groups of normal and of mentally retarded subjects during periods of paradoxical sleep. Normal subjects had longer average duration of paradoxical sleep and differed sharply in that they also registered more eye‐movements. Frequency of eye‐movements did not vary with age in the mentally retarded subjects, whereas in the normal subjects there was noticeably more oculomotor activity between the ages of 6–12 years, the periods when intensive learning occurs. However, there was a dramatic increase in eye‐movements in a group of normal pregnant women, suggesting that there may be reciprocal interactions between endocrine mechanisms and those responsible for learning capacities. RÉSUMÉ: Mouvements oculaires pendant le sommeil: critérium commun des capacityés d'apprendre et de l'activité endocrine Des enregistrements électro‐oculographiques ont été faits des mouvements oculaires de petits groupes de sujets normaux et mentalement retardés au cours des périodes de sommeil paradoxal. On a trouvé que la durée moyenne du sommeil paradoxal était plus longue chez les sujets normaux, qui enregistraient aussi plus de mouvements oculaires. La fréquence des mouvements oculaires ne variaient pas selon l'âge chez les sujets mentalement retardés, tandis que chez les sujets normaux il y avait une activité oculo‐motrice notamment plus grande entre les âges de 6 à 12 ans, le temps des périodes d'apprentis‐sage le plus intense. Cependant, il y avait une forte augmentation de mouvements oculaires chez un groupe de femmes normales enceintes, ce qui suggére qu'il puisse exister des interactions réciproques entre les mécanismes endocrines et ceux qui sont responsables des capacityés d'apprendre. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Augenbewegungen während des Schlafes: Ein allgemeines Kriterium für Lernkapazitäten und endokrine Aktivität Bei kleinen Gruppen von normalen und von geistig zurückgebliebenen Kindern wurden während der Perioden von paradoxem Schlaf elektro‐oculographische Aufzeichnungen über die Augenbewegungen angefertigt. Man fand, daß die durchschnittliche Dauer des paradoxen Schlafes bei den normalen Kindern länger dauerte und daß sie auch häufigere Augenbewegungen zeigten. Die Häufigkeit der Augenbewegungen änderte sich bei den geistig zurückgebliebenen Kindern mit dem Alter nicht, während sich bei den normalen Kindern zwischen 6 und 12 Jahren, den intensiven Lernperioden, eine deutlich größere oculomotorische Aktivität fand. Allerdings fand sich auch ein dramatischer Anstieg der Augenbewegungen bei einer Gruppe von schwangeren Frauen, woraus zu schließen ist, daß zwischen endokrinen Abläufen und der Steuerung der Lernkapazität eine gegenseitige Einwirkung besteht. RESUMEN: Movimientos oculares en el sueño: un criterio común sobre las capacidades de aprendizaje y de actividad endocrina Se realizaron trazados electro‐oculográficos de los movimientos oculares en pequeños grupos de sujetos normales y retrasados mentales en el período de sueño paradógico. Se halló que la duración media del sueño paradógico era més larga en los normales, los cuales registraron también una mayor movilidad ocular. La frecuencia de los movimientos oculares no era variable con la edad en los sujetos con retraso mental, mientras que en los normales se notó una actividad óculomotora mayor entre los 6 y 12 años, en los períodos donde es mas intenso el aprendizaje. Sin embargo habia un aumento intenso de los movimientos oculares en un grupo de mujeres normales gestantes, lo que sugiere que pueden haber interacciones recíprocas entre los mecanismos endocrinos y los responsables de la capacidad de aprender.

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  • In humans, mentally retarded children generally exhibit less REM sleep, longer REM sleep latencies, and less REM density relative to normal controls.

    “In humans, mentally retarded children generally exhibit less REM sleep, longer REM sleep latencies, and less REM density relative to normal controls (182-184, 211, 368, 369, 425, 922-924, 1045).”

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  • 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
Petre‐Quadens, O., & de Lee, C.
Venue
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1970-12
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
730-740
ISSN
  • 0012-1622 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8749
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.1970.tb07863.x
OpenAlex
W2021778984
Cited by
26
References
24
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
1.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor, 13861 d)
Locations
  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
Keywords
eye movements during sleep, REM sleep, electrooculography, learning ability, intellectual disability, endocrine activity, pregnancy, oculomotor behavior, age differences, sleep duration
MeSH terms
Adult, Age Factors, Child, Child, Preschool, Electrooculography, Endocrine Glands, Eye Movements, Female, Humans, Infant, Intelligence Tests, Learning, Male, Intellectual Disability, Pregnancy, Sleep, REM

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