- "Vulnerability to Stress-Related Sleep Disturbance and Insomnia: Investigating the Link with Co-morbid Depressive Symptoms," by Ivan Vargas at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and colleagues. This study — one of the first to investigate the link between stress-related sleep disturbances and symptoms of depression — highlights factors that increase the risk of insomnia and depression.
- "'Do I Really Need a Nap?' The Role of Sleep Science in Informing Sleep Practices in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings." This article, written by Sally Staton, PhD, of the Queensland University of Technology, in Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues, summarizes research on how napping during the day affects night sleep in young children.
- "Understanding and Predicting the Cognitive Effects of Sleep Loss through Simulation." Computer models can now help determine the cognitive effects of too little sleep in humans. This paper summarizes progress toward creating biologically inspired math models that may help inform health policy and safety programs. Glenn Gunzelman, PhD, and colleagues from the Air Force Laboratory wrote the piece.
- "The Teen Sleep Loss Epidemic: What Can Be Done." This review of adolescent sleep needs from Natalie Bryant and Rebecca Gómez, PhD, of the University of Arizona, highlights evidence-based best practices for improving teen sleep and includes policy recommendations for schools.
- "Associations of Sleep Duration and Regularity with Level of Obesity among Youth in a Weight-Loss Program." This study led by Janet Chuang, MD, of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, looked at the associations between sleep duration and weekday-weekend shifts in sleep times and their relationship to obesity in youths ages 6 to 18 years, finding significant differences between girls and boys.
- "Barriers, Facilitators and Usability of an Internet Intervention for Children Aged 1 to 10 Years with Insomnia." Children with insomnia don't get treatment for several reasons, including a lack of trained professionals in the area. Tamara Speth of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and colleagues wrote this article, which describes studies exploring an Internet intervention.
- "Sleep Disturbances in Pediatric Chronic Pain Patients: The Role of Cognitions." This review from Kristina Puzino and Jodi Mindell, PhD, from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia looks at how negative thoughts influence pain and sleep disturbances in children. It suggests a hybrid cognitive-behavioral therapy that targets both pain and sleep issues.
- "Selective Effects of Sleep on Emotional Memory: What Mechanisms Are Responsible?" This review explains what we know about how sleep helps reactivate and replay emotional memories, transferring them into long-term storage in the brain. It's written by Kelly Bennion of Boston College and colleagues.
- "Behind Sleepy Eyes: Implications of Sleep Loss for Organizations and Employees." Employees who don't sleep are less productive and happy, says Christopher Budnick of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and his co-authors. Workplace courses on good sleep hygiene may help. "Dreaming and Waking Cognition." How do Freud's dream interpretations relate to what we now know about the neurobiology of dreaming? Yvette Graveline and Erin Wamsley, PhD, show that both dreams and waking cognition share common brain mechanisms.
- "Cognitive and Mood Dysfunction in Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA): Implications for Psychological Research and Practice." Michelle Olaithe of the University of Western Australia, and colleagues discuss cognitive- and mood-related difficulties individuals with OSA face.
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