The Effect of Sleep on Children's Word Retention and Generalization
dc.contributor.author | Axelsson, Emma | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Sophie E | |
dc.contributor.author | Horst, Jessica S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-17T01:54:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-17T01:54:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-18 | |
dc.description.abstract | In the first few years of life children spend a good proportion of time sleeping as well as acquiring the meanings of hundreds of words. There is now ample evidence of the effects of sleep on memory in adults and the number of studies demonstrating the effects of napping and nocturnal sleep in children is also mounting. In particular, sleep appears to benefit children's memory for recently-encountered novel words. The effect of sleep on children's generalization of novel words across multiple items, however, is less clear. Given that sleep is polyphasic in the early years, made up of multiple episodes, and children's word learning is gradual and strengthened slowly over time, it is highly plausible that sleep is a strong candidate in supporting children's memory for novel words. Importantly, it appears that when children sleep shortly after exposure to novel word-object pairs retention is better than if sleep is delayed, suggesting that napping plays a vital role in long-term word retention for young children. Word learning is a complex, challenging, and important part of development, thus the role that sleep plays in children's retention of novel words is worthy of attention. As such, ensuring children get sufficient good quality sleep and regular opportunities to nap may be critical for language acquisition. | en_AU |
dc.format | 9 pages | en_AU |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
dc.identifier.issn | 1664-1078 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147601 | |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media | en_AU |
dc.rights | © 2016 Axelsson, Williams and Horst. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. | en_AU |
dc.source | Frontiers in psychology | en_AU |
dc.subject | generalization (psychology) | en_AU |
dc.subject | infants | en_AU |
dc.subject | preschool children | en_AU |
dc.subject | retention (psychology) | en_AU |
dc.subject | sleep | en_AU |
dc.subject | storybooks | en_AU |
dc.subject | word learning | en_AU |
dc.title | The Effect of Sleep on Children's Word Retention and Generalization | en_AU |
dc.type | Journal article | en_AU |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | en_AU |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2016-07-27 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 1192 | en_AU |
local.contributor.affiliation | Axelsson, Emma L., School of Psychology, CHM Research School of Psychology, The Australian National University | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoremail | Emma.Axelsson@anu.edu.au | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoruid | u5673963 | en_AU |
local.identifier.ariespublication | a383154xPUB4334 | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 7 | en_AU |
local.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01192 | en_AU |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u4579722 | en_AU |
local.publisher.url | https://www.frontiersin.org/ | en_AU |
local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |
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