Learning, memory, and sleep in children

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-57

  Gomez, Rebecca L ^a   Newman Smith, Katharine C ^a   Breslin, Jennifer H ^a   Bootzin, Richard R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Cognitive outcomes; Infants; Learning; Memory; School achievement; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 79951952152     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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