The Role of Naps and Overnight Sleep on Cognitive Learning in Preschoolers

NCT04758663 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 2021-2488
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this research is to understand the role of sleep on memory function in early childhood. Specifically, we seek to examine how promoted naps vs. promoted waking in habitual and non-habitual napping children may impact overnight sleep physiology and subsequent memory consolidation.

Conditions

Sleep

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Overnight sleep physiology

  Amount of slow wave activity and other non-REM sleep features in overnight sleep following a day where a nap was involved compared to when there was no nap earlier in the day.

  9-11 hours of sleep overnight

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Change in memory accuracy

  2-3 hours/24 hours

Study Arms (2)

Declarative memory

EXPERIMENTAL

Napping v. wake effect on declarative memory in habitual and non-habitual nappers.

Behavioral: Nap/wake conditions on memory

Overnight Physiology

EXPERIMENTAL

Napping v. wake effect on overnight physiology in habitual and non-habitual nappers.

Behavioral: Nap/wake conditions on overnight physiology

Interventions

Nap/wake conditions on memory BEHAVIORAL

Habitual and non-habitual napping children will complete a two conditions-a nap condition where they are encouraged to nap in the afternoon and a wake condition where instead of napping, they spend an equal amount of time awake engaging in quiet activities.

Declarative memory

Nap/wake conditions on overnight physiology BEHAVIORAL

Habitual and non-habitual napping children will complete a two conditions-a nap condition where they are encouraged to nap in the afternoon and a wake condition where instead of napping, they spend an equal amount of time awake engaging in quiet activities. On the nights of the nap and wake conditions, physiology will be recorded in habitual and non-habitual nappers.

Overnight Physiology

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 33 Months - 71 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Family lives within 30 miles of UMass Amherst
• Is 33-71 months at the time of enrollment
• Meets the definition of a habitual (5+ naps/week) or non-habitual (\<2 naps/week) napper
• Normal or corrected-to-normal vision and hearing
• Access to a computer with an internet connection for online sessions with the research team.

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosis of any sleep disorder (other than mild parasomnia which is routine at this age) past or present
• Current use of psychotropic or sleep-altering medications
• Traveling beyond 1 time zone within 1 month of participation
• Fever or symptoms of respiratory illness at the time of participation
• Diagnosed developmental disability

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Massachusetts, Amherst: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, Massachusetts, 01003, United States

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Rebecca M Spencer, PhD

  University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sanna Lokhandwala, MS

CONTACT

8323821611; slokhandwala@umass.edu

Rebecca M Spencer, PhD

CONTACT

413-548-5661; rspencer@umass.edu

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: Within-subject; participants/experimenters are aware of conditions
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences

Model Details: Within subject comparison of nap/overnight and wake/overnight conditions in habitual and non-habitual nappers

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 12, 2021
• First Posted: February 17, 2021
• Study Start: April 12, 2021
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2022
• Study Completion: June 30, 2023
• Last Updated: May 13, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)