NORMAL SLEEP PATTERN FOR CHILDREN
- 17 February 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 102 (7) , 525-529
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1934.02750070023007
Abstract
Sleep may be defined as a normal temporary loss of consciousness occurring periodically. During sleep the receptivity of the person to sensory stimulation is greatly diminished, but motor activity continues in an apparently automatic manner. There are several approaches to the study of sleep. Of these, the most commonly used in the past have been, first, investigation along the line of sensory response, as an example of which there are the experiments of Kohlschutter1 and Michelson;2 second, from the standpoint of chemistry, principally the work of Piéron,3 and third, the study of motor activity during sleep, based on the reported work of Karger,4 Renshaw,5 Guttmann,6 Mullin7 and Cooperman.8 In the present study I have used the latter method of study, namely, that of motor activity during sleep. I have adopted this method because I agree with Sherman,9 Renshaw5 and othersThis publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: