During the first year of their lives, infants spend most of their time asleep. Psychologists now know that this serves many different functions for the developing neonate (newborn). Furthermore, these functions often change with developmental age.
A team of psychologists at the sleep lab in Cincinatti Children’s Hospital Medical Centre, USA recently assessed data on the sleep patterns of more than 600 neonates from 13 studies. They found that sleep has beneficial effects on the following:
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