Nanit Lab Research Abstracts

When thinking about your child’s sleep gets in the way of sleep

Investigating the role of parental cognitions about baby's sleep that affects both parent's and baby's sleep.

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Complementary techniques to support mothers during sleep training

This study aimed to examine whether 3 novel techniques can increase parental cry tolerance. 

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Association between infant feeding method, maternal confidence and sleep quality postpartum

In this study we investigated whether infant feeding method and maternal confidence relative to the chosen feeding method were associated with sleep quality in mothers of infants 0-6 months. 

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Movement during nighttime wake episodes reflects the onset of crawling and walking

Infants moved more and expressed greater diversity in movements during WEPs when they reached new locomotor milestones. We also demonstrated that Nanit, a commercially available video baby monitor, is a useful research tool and can provide a detailed glimpse into infants’ nighttime crib environments. 

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First Steps: Using the Nanit baby monitor to classify nocturnal infant movements

Using movement as a window into psychological development, the current study tests the feasibility of manually coding motor behaviors using Nanit video baby monitoring technology to qualify and quantify an infant’s movements in the crib.

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Checking-in: What factors predict parents visiting their infants during the night?

Using novel computer vision technology, this study objectively assessed the number of nocturnal parental visitations to evaluate whether infant age and gender interact to predict parental night-time involvement in a large sample of infants.  

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Does your baby have a sleep problem? Auto-videosomnography determinants of parent perceived infant sleep problems

This study tested which objective infant sleep measures and parent factors were most potent in predicting parent perceptions of a sleep problem, using auto-videosomnography within a large sample of infants. 

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Infant sleep during COVID-19 in the USA: longitudinal analysis of auto-videosomnography data

The present study aimed to compare the sleep of infants in the USA whose mothers were ‘sheltering in place’ to those whose mothers were working as usual throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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North American infant girls' sleep is longer than boys

The aim of this study was to understand if there are objective gender differences in infant sleep. 

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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.