title: A one-hour sleep restriction impacts brain processing in young children across tasks: evidence from event-related potentials.
abstract: The effect of mild sleep restriction on cognitive functioning in young children is unclear, yet sleep loss may impact children's abilities to attend to tasks with high processing demands. In a preliminary investigation, six children (6.6-8.3 years of age) with normal sleep patterns performed three tasks: attention ("Oddball"), speech perception (consonant-vowel syllables), and executive function (Directional Stroop). Event-related potentials (ERPs) responses were recorded before (Control) and following 1 week of 1-hour per day of sleep restriction. Brain activity across all tasks following Sleep Restriction differed from activity during Control Sleep, indicating that minor sleep restriction impacts children's neurocognitive functioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0308, USA. dlmolfese@mac.com
authors.forename: Dennis L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Molfese
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ivanenko
authors.forename: Alexandra Fonaryova
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Key
authors.forename: Adrienne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roman
authors.forename: Victoria J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Molfese
authors.forename: Louise M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gozal
authors.forename: Srinivas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kota
authors.forename: Caitlin M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hudac
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D056044:Actigraphy; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology