Research agenda
1. As a first step, it is necessary to find reliable
measures of learning capacity and academic
performance. Alternatively, a multimeasure
approach (grades, tests, teacher
and parent self-reports) could be adopted.
2. Moreover, more studies are needed investigating
specific school-like tasks with laboratory-
based paradigms. This is important in
order to pinpoint the actual causal relationship
between sleep fragmentation, sleep
restriction and learning capacity and academic
achievement.
3. Not alternatively, investigations should be
carried out on patients with sleep disorders
and/or other sleep fragmentation problems,
such as sleep apnea or sleep-breathing
disorders