The human need for sleep is universal and unquestioned; however, humans vary in their
sleep needs according to age, individual differences, as well as cultural and social norms …

Highlights•Sleep problems are very prevalent in early childhood.•The transactional model
delineates bi-directional links between parents and child sleep.•Longitudinal studies …

In psychological research, there are often assumptions about the conditions that children
expect to encounter during their development. These assumptions shape prevailing ideas …

Sleep patterns change dramatically across the earliest years of life and play an important
role in children's daytime functioning. As a result, psychological research has taken an …

This review aimed to better understand the underlying physiology of the risks and benefits of
bed-sharing. Eight databases were searched using terms relating to adult–infant/baby, bed …

Co-sleeping is a complex familial phenomenon that has yet to be well understood by
Western scientists. This paper provides an interdisciplinary review of research from …

The increasing globalization of society is causing shifts in social, linguistic, religious, and
other cultural differences, which may increase the potential for misunderstandings in …

Sensors, including accelerometer-based and electronic adherence monitoring devices,
have transformed health data collection. Sensors allow for unobtrusive, real-time sampling …

Objectives We examine infant sleep from evolutionary, historico‐cultural, and statistical/
epidemiological perspectives and explore the distinct conceptions of “normal” produced by …

This article provides a novel synthesis of anthropological research on infant sleep, focusing
on work in biological and sociocultural anthropology in the past decade. First, we briefly …