HONOLULU: One night of poor sleep significantly decreases performance on intelligence tests in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and also in neurotypical children (without ASD). This is the conclusion made by researchers.
The brain waves demonstrating good sleep consolidation in these children were measured in a laboratory. These markers of light sleep known as “sleep spindles” occur during a sleep phase that repeats throughout the night in which body metabolism slows and the brain rests (contrary to rapid eye movement sleep, when the brain is active and dreams)…