Eye movement ativity during sleep and intellectual function in mental retardation.
A positive relation was found between the amount of eye movement during rapid-eye-movement or paradoxical sleep and estimates of intellectual level in a group of retarded adults. This result supports the hypothesis that during sleep the brain carries out processes important for cognitive function.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007360:Intelligence; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D010661:Phenylketonurias / Q000503:physiopathology; D011594:Psychometrics; D011603:Psychophysiology; D012895:Sleep, REM