Jamie Edgin, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychology
Assistant Professor, Cognition/ Neural Systems
Director, Memory Development Disorders Laboratory
Research Summary: 

Jamie Edgin studies the relation between sleep and memory in typical and atypical development; her collaborations in this area include US multi-site and international studies. Her recent papers have examined sleep in Down syndrome, autism, and patients with hippocampal damage using PSG and neuroimaging methods. Dr. Edgin is actively involved in policy efforts relevant to sleep and disability.

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Select Publications

2017

Fernandez, F., C. C. Nyhuis, P. Anand, B. I. Demara, N. F. Ruby, G. Spanò, C. Clark, and J. O. Edgin, "Young children with Down syndrome show normal development of circadian rhythms, but poor sleep efficiency: a cross-sectional study across the first 60 months of life.", Sleep Med, vol. 33, pp. 134-144, 2017 05. PMCID: PMC5423393  PMID: 28449894 PubMed ID: 28449894 

2015

Gómez, R. L., and J. O. Edgin, "Sleep as a window into early neural development: Shifts in sleep-dependent learning effects across early childhood.", Child Dev Perspect, vol. 9, issue 3, pp. 183-189, 2015 Sep. PMCID: PMC4636128  PMID: 26557155 PubMed ID: 26557155 
Edgin, J. O., U. Tooley, B. Demara, C. Nyhuis, P. Anand, and G. Spanò, "Sleep Disturbance and Expressive Language Development in Preschool-Age Children With Down Syndrome.", Child Dev, vol. 86, issue 6, pp. 1984-98, 2015 Nov-Dec. PMCID: PMC4626407  PMID: 26435268 PubMed ID: 26435268 

2013

Fernandez, F., and J. O. Edgin, "Poor Sleep as a Precursor to Cognitive Decline in Down Syndrome : A Hypothesis.", J Alzheimers Dis Parkinsonism, vol. 3, issue 2, pp. 124, 2013 Aug 26. PMCID: PMC3928031  PMID: 24558640 PubMed ID: 24558640