Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 289-294 , March 2010

Short sleep duration is associated with poor performance on IQ measures in healthy school-age children

  • Reut Gruber

      Affiliations

    • Douglas Mental Health University Institute and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Attention, Behavior and Sleep Lab, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, 6875 LaSalle Blvd, Verdun (Quebec), Canada H4H 1R3. Tel.: +1 (514) 761 6131 ext. 2110; fax: +1 (514) 762 3858.
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  • Rachelle Laviolette

      Affiliations

    • Attention, Behavior and Sleep Lab, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Paolo Deluca

      Affiliations

    • Attention, Behavior and Sleep Lab, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Eva Monson

      Affiliations

    • Attention, Behavior and Sleep Lab, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Kim Cornish

      Affiliations

    • McGill Child Laboratory for Research & Education in Developmental Disorders, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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  • Julie Carrier

      Affiliations

    • Centre du Sommeil et des Rythmes Biologiques, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Département de Psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 31 August 2009 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.09.007

Sleep Medicine
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 289-294 , March 2010

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