Sleep Health
Assessing behavioral interventions for infant sleep problems using computer-vision technology
The current study aimed to assess parents' experiences in implementing infant behavioral sleep interventions (BSIS) in a real-world setting, and whether BSIS are linked with objective infant sleep...
Sleep Health
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.
Sleep Health
Complementary techniques to support mothers during sleep training
This study aimed to examine whether 3 novel techniques can increase parental cry tolerance.
Sleep Health
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.
Pediatric Health & Wellness
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,...
Pediatric Health & Wellness
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 qua...
Sleep Health
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-tim...
Sleep Health
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...
Sleep Health
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.
Peer-Reviewed Published Studies
Sleep Health
Melatonin use in infants and toddlers
The aim of this study was to examine various aspects of melatonin use by caregivers of infants and toddlers in the US.
Pediatric Health & Wellness
The feasibility of remote measurement of infant sleep and motor development
The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of two remote data collection methods for studying sleep and motor development in infancy and the relationship between the two.
Sleep Health
A preliminary study on the performance of the Nanit auto-videosomnography scoring system against observed video scoring and actigraphy to estimate sleep-wake states in infants.
The goal was to examine the performance of the Nanit auto-videosomnography scoring system as a measure of sleep-wake states in infants compared to observed video scoring and actigraphy.
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.