The Cognition and Action Lab at
UMass Amherst is recruiting children (6 - 9 years of age) for a study assessing
the effects of sleep on behavior in children with ADHD.
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Children will wear a watch to
monitor sleep for 10-days
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For 5 days of the study, your child
will follow their normal sleep routine
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For the other 5 days of the study,
your child will go to bed 1.5 hours earlier than they normally do
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There will be approximately 1 week
between these 5-day periods
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At the end of these 5 day testing
periods, you and your child will participate in 2 overnight visits at our sleep
lab located on campus
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During these overnight visits, children
will complete a computer task and wear sleep-recording sensors to measure sleep
physiology during overnight sleep
If you and
your child choose to participate, you are free to withdraw anytime. Eligible children
should have diagnosed ADHD, no other developmental disorders or sleep
disorders, sleep ≤ 10
hours/night, have a bedtime after 8pm (on average) and have normal, or
corrected to normal vision.
Children will receive a small
prize and caregivers will receive up to $100.00.
If you would like to learn
more about this research, please contact Amanda:
Phone: (413) 545 –
4831
Email:
acremone@cns.umass.edu
