A recent study has found that sleep deprivation affects children’s brains and their early brain development. “This research shows an increase in sleep need in posterior brain regions in children,” he added. With a large number of electrode channels distributed across the scalp, this method also detects which brain regions show more slow-wave activity than others. This suggests that the brain circuitry in these regions may be particularly susceptible to a lack of sleep. The team also measured how this deep sleep activity correlated with the myelin content of the brain -- a cornerstone of brain development.

Source: Hindustan Times November 29, 2016 09:00 UTC