To sleep, perchance to enrich learning?
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 92 (7) , 637-643
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2006.096156
Abstract
There is evidence that sleep enhances memory and learning. Childhood is a critical period for neurodevelopment, and minor but persistent disruption of sleep may have long-term implications for cognitive performance. Sleep is critical for health and is undervalued both in our 24 h society and in paediatric clinical practice. Paediatricians need to understand the neurodevelopmental consequences of poor quality sleep in children.Keywords
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