Insufficient sleep is harmful to the development of the baby's intelligence

Insufficient sleep can adversely affect the development of children's intelligence. According to a new study, the baby does not sleep well, they have bad intelligence test. Professor and researcher at the University of Montreal in Canada Roger Gadbut said, "This is an important discovery. The ability to consolidate the understanding of the importance of the role of sleep has been confirmed."

13 autistic and 13 neuro-typical children took part in the study, whose average age is 10 years. The problem was not a lack of intelligence or their sleep. They were not taking any medication.

Researchers saw the protective brain waves during sleep were interrupted by bad relations with the intelligence test. In both cases it has been seen in such children. The study also found that, rather than just the middle of the night or sleep well last night good night's sleep is good for the development of intelligence.

"In particular, the negative impact of lack of sleep on children and adolescents. The most important time for the growth of age. "The study was published in the International Journal of Physiology.