TY - JOUR
T1 - Temperament moderates the association between sleep duration and cognitive performance in children
AU - Vermeulen, Marije C M
AU - Astill, Rebecca G
AU - Benjamins, Jeroen S
AU - Swaab, Hanna
AU - Van Someren, Eus J W
AU - van der Heijden, Kristiaan B
N1 - Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/4
Y1 - 2016/4
N2 - The importance of sufficient sleep for cognitive performance has been increasingly recognized. Individual differences in susceptibility to effects of sleep restriction have hardly been investigated in children. We investigated whether individual differences in temperament moderate the association of sleep duration with sustained attention, inhibition, and working memory in 123 children (42% boys) aged 9 to 11 years. Sleep duration was assessed using parental diaries, and temperament traits of extraversion and negative affectivity were assessed by child self-report (Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised). Computerized assessment of sustained attention (short-form Psychomotor Vigilance Task, PVT), inhibition (PVT Go/No-Go adaptation), and working memory (visual Digit Span) were performed at school. Our findings demonstrate that long-sleeping introverted and negatively affective children show worse sustained attention and working memory than short-sleeping children with these temperaments.
AB - The importance of sufficient sleep for cognitive performance has been increasingly recognized. Individual differences in susceptibility to effects of sleep restriction have hardly been investigated in children. We investigated whether individual differences in temperament moderate the association of sleep duration with sustained attention, inhibition, and working memory in 123 children (42% boys) aged 9 to 11 years. Sleep duration was assessed using parental diaries, and temperament traits of extraversion and negative affectivity were assessed by child self-report (Early Adolescent Temperament Questionnaire-Revised). Computerized assessment of sustained attention (short-form Psychomotor Vigilance Task, PVT), inhibition (PVT Go/No-Go adaptation), and working memory (visual Digit Span) were performed at school. Our findings demonstrate that long-sleeping introverted and negatively affective children show worse sustained attention and working memory than short-sleeping children with these temperaments.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.11.014
DO - 10.1016/j.jecp.2015.11.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 26761147
SN - 0022-0965
VL - 144
SP - 184
EP - 198
JO - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
JF - Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
ER -