A comparative study of quiet sleep, active sleep, and waking on the first 2 days of life
Resource type
Authors/contributors
- Carroll, D.A. (Author)
- Denenberg, V.H. (Author)
- Thoman, E.B. (Author)
Title
A comparative study of quiet sleep, active sleep, and waking on the first 2 days of life
Abstract
Direct behavioral observation and motility monitoring procedures provide reliable data, and both are appropriate for sleep/wake state measurements starting immediately after birth. Using these procedures, newborn rats, rabbits, and humans were found to have a greater amount of quiet sleep on the day of birth rather than 24 hr later. Changes in active sleep and wake were inconsistent across the 2 days. The quiet sleep findings are contrary to the developmental course which increases with age. The findings are interpreted as a temporary adaptive response to the stress of the birth process.
Publication
Developmental Psychobiology
Date
1999
Volume
35
Issue
1
Pages
43-48
Journal Abbr
Dev. Psychobiol.
Citation Key
carrollComparativeStudyQuiet1999
ISSN
00121630 (ISSN)
Archive
Scopus
Language
English
Extra
12 citations (Crossref) [2023-10-31]
Citation
Carroll, D. A., Denenberg, V. H., & Thoman, E. B. (1999). A comparative study of quiet sleep, active sleep, and waking on the first 2 days of life. Developmental Psychobiology, 35(1), 43–48. Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2302(199907)35:1%3C43::AID-DEV6%3E3.0.CO;2-O
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