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The Benefits of Naps on Cognitive, Emotional, and Motor Learning in Preschoolers

NCT03285880 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 361

Last updated 2022-12-05

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Summary

The specific objective of the proposed research is to examine whether naps contribute to immediate and delayed benefits on multiple forms of learning in young children (3-5 yrs). By probing recall prior to and following mid-day nap or wake intervals, the overarching hypothesis is that recent memories are actively processed (as opposed to passively protected) by a nap, conferring immediate or delayed (24-hrs) benefits on declarative (Aim 1), procedural (Aim 2), and emotional (Aim 3) memories. In two conditions, children will either be nap-promoted or wake-promoted midday. Subsequently, performance will be reassessed that day as well as the following day.

Conditions

  • Sleep

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Napping

Children nap during the nap opportunity

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rebecca M Spencer, PhD · University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
33 Months
Max Age
60 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-01
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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