Relations Between Physiological and Cognitive Regulatory Systems: Infant Sleep Regulation and Subsequent Executive Functioning

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1739-1752

  Bernier, Annie ^a   Carlson, Stephanie M ^b   Bordeleau, Stephanie ^a   Carrier, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SOCIAL CLASS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 78449310566     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01507.x     Document Type: Article

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