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These are five of the most common myths debunked by Reut Gruber, PhD Sleep is a time when your body and brain shut down for rest and relaxation False – Our bodies and brains actually do a lot of work while we sleep which helps us to refuel and stay healthy and happy. Sleep also … Read more
Sleep should be made a priority and the suggestions below can be implemented at home, school, and community environments to promote better sleep in children. Physical Environment Sleep is a biological process, but our sleep habits are socially learned behaviours that must be negotiated with our bodies’ natural rhythms. We might have a hard time … Read more
Yawning and drowsiness are not the only signs that a student is getting too little sleep. Other symptoms put forward by research include hyperactivity, crankiness, impulsiveness, and a short attention span. Sleep loss also has less obvious effects on health, emotions, academic success, and driving ability. These effects have long-term consequences in the educational setting … Read more
Pediatric Insomnia Mindell defines pediatric insomnia as “a repeated difficulty with sleep initiation, duration, consolidation, or quality that occurs despite age-appropriate time and opportunity for sleep and results in daytime functional impairment for the child and/or family”. Research estimates that between 1 and 6% of children suffer from pediatric insomnia, more if children with developmental … Read more
Our bodies have internal systems that work like clocks and determine the time of day we fall asleep, how long we sleep for, and the quality of our sleep. These systems do not work alone, however. Our physical and social environments play a pivotal role in how our natural rhythms play out. These influences are … Read more
Reut Gruber, PhD. director of the Attention, Behaviour and Sleep (ABS) Laboratory published up-to-date information on sleep and children, thanks to the financial support of Manulife.
Team members of the ABS lab: DirectorReut Gruber, PhD For more information, contact reut.gruber@mcgill.ca
Brain to Society Leader: Dr. Laurette Dubé Brain to Society (btS), which is part of McGill’s World Platform for Health and Economic Convergence, is a multidisciplinary group that seeks to study non-communicable chronic diseases such as obesity. BtS is based on the notion that the brain and other biological systems at the individual level interact … Read more
Basic Research Training The goals that the lab sets for our students are: The lab has set several personal goals based on its understanding of how students learn and the appropriateness of the goals set for them. The lab seeks to: Clinical Training When training students, the lab views the scientist practitioner model as key to imparting … Read more
Research Projects | Sleep Squad video The Attention, Behaviour and Sleep (ABS) Lab is a multidisciplinary unit combining behavioural, psychological, genetic, and physiological methods to study the interplay between sleep and the development of children. Sleep is not an isolated phenomenon. The neurobiology underlying sleep regulation overlaps with other systems that regulate affect, attention, and behaviour. … Read more