{"id":15376,"date":"2022-08-23T11:33:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=15376"},"modified":"2022-08-23T11:33:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T09:33:40","slug":"sleep-deprivation-in-kids-linked-with-cognitive-difficulties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/sleep-deprivation-in-kids-linked-with-cognitive-difficulties\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleep Deprivation in Kids Linked With Cognitive Difficulties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve got some dire news for all you night owls. A brand new study <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the University of Maryland School of Medicine linked sleep deprivation with <\/span><b>behavioral problems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>anxiety<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>poor cognitive performance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at school in children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study conducted some <\/span><b>8,300 MRI images of children aged 9\u201310<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and found underdeveloped regions in their brains associated with memory, mental health, cognitive tasks, and general well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surprisingly, this includes children that get seven to eight hours of sleep per night, according to the study. Although this might be ample sleep for an adult, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the American Academy of Sleep Medicine <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recommends <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/how-much-sleep-do-kids-need\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">children aged 6 to 12 years get at least 9 hours of sleep<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results of the study, published in the journal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lancet Child &amp; Adolescent Health, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">show considerably <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/lack-of-sleep-impacts-brain-development-in-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thinner grey matter in the regions of the brain that regulate mental health and cognition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compared to those who slept <\/span><b>9 to 12 hours per night<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers always knew that adolescence is a crucial period in the development of the brain. Yet, nobody expected such stark results, considering that very few children get eight hours of sleep as is, let alone 12.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lethargy, impulsive behavior, and anxiety and depression were some of the more common symptopms in sleep-deprived children. Cognitive difficulties, such as <\/span><b>memory problems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>hampered problem-solving capabilities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>poor decision-making<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, were also present.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worse yet, two years after the initial study, researchers conducted a follow-up. What they found was concerning, to say the least. Namely, even after two years, the<\/span><b> same neurodevelopmental differences were still present<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This implies that a lack of sleep in children causes long-term consequences that quite possibly persist even in adulthood.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got some dire news for all you night owls. A brand new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine linked sleep deprivation with behavioral problems, anxiety, and poor cognitive performance at school in children. The study conducted some 8,300 MRI images of children aged 9\u201310 and found underdeveloped regions in their brains [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15377,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15376\/revisions\/15377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}