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NANIT LAB RESEARCH

Published Studies

Parental Misperceptions About Infant Sleep as a Moderator Between Co-Sleeping and Infant Sleep

The purpose of this study was to investigate associations between co-sleeping, infant sleep, and parental misperceptions about infant sleep.

The impact of extreme summer temperatures in the United Kingdom on infant sleep: Implications for learning and development

We studied the impact of unusually high temperatures in the summer of 2022 on infants’ sleep.

Sleeping through COVID-19: a longitudinal comparison of 2019 and 2020 infant auto-videosomnography metrics.

This study used auto-videosomnography to capture the effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders imposed in the USA on objectively measured infant sleep.

Infant sleep during COVID-19: Longitudinal analysis of infants of US mothers in home confinement versus working as usual.

This study longitudinally compared the sleep of infants in the United States whose mothers were in home confinement to those whose mothers were working as usual throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sleep and screen exposure across the beginning of life: deciphering the links using big-data analytics.

This study examined the moderating role of age for both touchscreens' and television's relationship with sleep, using auto-videosomnography within a big-data sample of infants.

Let’s Talk about Sleep Baby: Sexual Activity Postpartum and Its Links with Room Sharing, Parent Sleep, and Objectively Measured Infant Sleep and Parent Nighttime Crib Visits

This study assessed the links between partnered sexual frequency and satisfaction postpartum and parent sleep, infant sleep, parent nighttime caregiving, and parent-infant room sharing.

COVID-19 babies: auto-videosomnography and parent reports of infant sleep, screen time, and parent well-being in 2019 vs 2020.

Compared to 2019, infants in 2020 slept ∼40 min more per night on average, as indicated by auto-videosomnography. Infants additionally had earlier sleep timing, and increased parent-reported sleep-...

Implementation of Behavioral Interventions for Infant Sleep Problems in Real-World Settings

  Michal Kahn, Natalie Barnett, and Michael Gradisar Objectives To compare the real-world frequency, timing, duration, difficulty, and helpfulness of 3 infant Behavioral Sleep Intervention (BSI) ...

Validation of the Parental Understanding and Misperceptions about Baby’s Sleep Questionnaire using auto-videosomnography

The results demonstrated that PUMBA-Q 23 is a valid assessment tool for parental cognitions of child sleep. The link between parental cognitions and child sleep highlights the importance of managin...

Abstracts

Sleep Health

Relationships between infant sleep and parental sleep in mothers and fathers

Examines the relationship between infant sleep and parent sleep disturbances and sleep relatedimpairment, investigating differences between mothers’ and fathers’ experiences.
Pediatric Health & Wellness

A sensorless solution for monitoring infant breathing rate

Validation results on the performance of Breathing Motion Monitoring algorithm against a validated ground truth device (GT) to accurately measure minute by minute BR.
Sleep Health

Sleep and temperament in 12 months old infants

In this study we propose to address this knowledge gap by investigating the relationship between infant sleep and temperament at 12 months of age, relying on objective sleep metrics. 

About Nanit Lab

We've put together a cutting-edge think tank of scientists, engineers, physicians, academic experts, and thought leaders to develop best-in-class research among three primary pillars: Sleep Health, Postpartum Anxiety & Depression, and Pediatric Health and Wellness.