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Helping our school-age children sleep better

Published: 25 July 2016

"Reut Gruber, a psychologist who is an associate professor in the department of psychiatry at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, where she is director of the Attention Behavior and Sleep Lab, said that there is a close association between sleep and a wide range of cognitive functions, including attention, executive function and memory. When children go to school, 'they need to pay attention and plan and follow instructions, all of which fall under executive function, which is very much affected by sleep,' she said."

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