Tompkins will also continue to serve as an associate professor in the Department of Psychology.

Shorter sleep and later bedtimes are linked to potentially harmful functional changes to parts of the brain important for coping with stress and controlling negative emotions, our recently published research found. And children in families with low economic resources are particularly at risk.Late bedtimes and not enough sleep can harm developing brains – and poorer kids are more at risk

The study uses functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a light-based technique for measuring blood flow.

Summer experimental sessions will be held from July 1 to Aug. 18, and those who complete it will receive a $20 gift card.