Impact of singular excessive computer game and television exposure on sleep patterns and memory performance of school-aged children

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 978-985

  Dworak, Markus ^a   Schierl, Thomas ^a   Bruns, Thomas ^a   Strüder, Heiko Klaus ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive performance; Computer game; Polysomnographic study; Sleep patterns; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY INTERACTION; FAMILY RELATION; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP CONTINUITY; SLEEP EFFICIENCY; SLEEP ONSET LATENCY; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; TELEVISION VIEWING; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DYSSOMNIAS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES; STUDENTS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 36048963841     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0476     Document Type: Article

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