Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study
The current study explored the potential influence of infant sleep, measured by parental report and actigraphy, and family functioning on attention development using eye tracking. The use of actigraphy in parallel with parental report, has the advantage of measuring participant’s sleep throughout th...
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| author | Nabil Hasshim Jessica Bramham Jennifer Keating Rebecca A. Gaffney Lisa Keenan Sarah Conroy Fiona McNicholas Alan Carr Michelle Downes |
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| description | The current study explored the potential influence of infant sleep, measured by parental report and actigraphy, and family functioning on attention development using eye tracking. The use of actigraphy in parallel with parental report, has the advantage of measuring participant’s sleep throughout the night without parental observation and the ability to objectively assess sleep quality. An eye-tracking version of the Gap-Overlap task was used to measure visual attention. Questionnaires and behavioural assessment were used to assess family function, and general cognitive development. Fifty infants (<i>Mean age</i> = 13.44 months, <i>SD</i> = 3.10) participated in the study, 23 of which had full final datasets. Results show that daytime sleep duration, as measured by parental report, and proportion of light sleep at night, as measured by actigraphy, are linked to visual attention. A higher proportion of light sleep, a marker of poorer sleep quality, and less daytime sleep were negatively linked with facilitation and disengagement on the Gap-Overlap task. Family functioning was not associated with attention. The results provide initial evidence that in addition to the amount of daytime sleep; quality of night-time sleep as measured by proportion of light sleep, is a potentially useful sleep variable which requires further focus in the study of attention development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5cb6c3c1a25d45e6a628c50026d453772023-11-24T04:10:58ZengMDPI AGChildren2227-90672022-10-01911161310.3390/children9111613Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report StudyNabil Hasshim0Jessica Bramham1Jennifer Keating2Rebecca A. Gaffney3Lisa Keenan4Sarah Conroy5Fiona McNicholas6Alan Carr7Michelle Downes8School of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandDepartment of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Medical Science, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandSchool of Psychology, University College Dublin, D04 V1W8 Dublin, IrelandThe current study explored the potential influence of infant sleep, measured by parental report and actigraphy, and family functioning on attention development using eye tracking. The use of actigraphy in parallel with parental report, has the advantage of measuring participant’s sleep throughout the night without parental observation and the ability to objectively assess sleep quality. An eye-tracking version of the Gap-Overlap task was used to measure visual attention. Questionnaires and behavioural assessment were used to assess family function, and general cognitive development. Fifty infants (<i>Mean age</i> = 13.44 months, <i>SD</i> = 3.10) participated in the study, 23 of which had full final datasets. Results show that daytime sleep duration, as measured by parental report, and proportion of light sleep at night, as measured by actigraphy, are linked to visual attention. A higher proportion of light sleep, a marker of poorer sleep quality, and less daytime sleep were negatively linked with facilitation and disengagement on the Gap-Overlap task. Family functioning was not associated with attention. The results provide initial evidence that in addition to the amount of daytime sleep; quality of night-time sleep as measured by proportion of light sleep, is a potentially useful sleep variable which requires further focus in the study of attention development.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/11/1613sleepinfancyattention developmenteye tracking |
| spellingShingle | Nabil Hasshim Jessica Bramham Jennifer Keating Rebecca A. Gaffney Lisa Keenan Sarah Conroy Fiona McNicholas Alan Carr Michelle Downes Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study Children sleep infancy attention development eye tracking |
| title | Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study |
| title_full | Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study |
| title_fullStr | Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study |
| title_short | Links between Daytime Napping, Night-Time Sleep Quality and Infant Attention: An Eye-Tracking, Actigraphy and Parent-Report Study |
| title_sort | links between daytime napping night time sleep quality and infant attention an eye tracking actigraphy and parent report study |
| topic | sleep infancy attention development eye tracking |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/9/11/1613 |
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