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Featured Articles of Interest
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An Integrated Analysis of Maternal-Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Research Supporting a Balanced Discourse, by Kathleen A. Marinelli, Helen L. Ball, James J. McKenna, and Peter S. Blair. Journal of Human Lactation 1-11.
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Toward an Integrated Anthropology of Infant Sleep by Helen L. Ball, Cecilia Tomori, and James J. McKenna. American Anthropologist, Vol. 000, No. 0, pp. 1-18. 2019.
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There is no such thing as infant sleep, there is no such thing as breastfeeding, there is only breastsleeping, by James J. McKenna and Lee T. Gettler. Acta Paediatrica (Accepted August 2015).
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Night waking among breastfeeding mothers and infants: Conflict, congruence or both?, by James J. McKenna. Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. pp 3-17, 2014.
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Mother-Infant Sleep Proximity and Breastfeeding in a Laboratory Setting, by Lee T. Gettler and James J. McKenna. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 144: 454-462. 2011.
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Nighttime Parenting Strategies and Sleep-Related Risks to Infants, by Lane E. Volpe, Helen L. Ball, and James J. McKenna. Social Science and Medicine [online] 2012.
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Introduction and Overview of Evolutionary Medicine, by Wenda R. Trevathan, E.O. Smith, and James J. McKenna. Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives: 1-54. 2007.
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Never Sleep with Baby? Or Keep Me Close But Keep Me Safe: Eliminating Inappropriate "Safe Infant Sleep" Rhetoric in the United States, by Lee T. Gettler and James J. McKenna. Current Pediatric Reviews 6:1, 1-6. 2010.
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Co-Sleeping, Breastfeeding and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, by James J. McKenna and Lee T. Gettler, Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development [online] 2010.
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Cosleeping and Biological Imperatives: Why Human Babies Do Not and Should Not Sleep Alone, by James J. McKenna. in Neuroanthropology [online], 2008.
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Sleeping with Baby: An Internet-Based Sampling of Parental Experiences, Choices, Perceptions and Interpretations in a Western Industrialized Context, by James J. McKenna and L. Volpe. Infant and Child Development 16:359-385. 2007.
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Mother-Infant Cosleeping, Breastfeeding and SIDS: What Biological Anthropology Has Discovered About Normal Infant Sleep and Pediatric Sleep Medicine, by James J. McKenna, Helen Ball and Lee T. Gettler.Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 50:133-161. 2007.
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Mother-Infant Cosleeping with Breastfeeding in the Western Industrialized Context: A Biocultural Perspective, by James J. McKenna and Lee T. Gettler. Textbook of Human Lactation. T.W. Hale and P.E. Hartmann, eds. Amarillo, Texas: Hale Publishing, 2007.
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New Knowledge, New Insights and New Recommendations: Scientific Controversy and Media Hype in Unexpected Infant Deaths, by Peter Fleming, Peter Blair and James J. McKenna. Invited Editorial: Archives Disease in Children. 2006.
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Why Babies Should Never Sleep Alone: A Review of the Cosleeping Controversy in Relationship to SIDS, Breastfeeding and Bedsharing, by James J. McKenna and Thomas McDade. Pediatric Respiratory Reviews 6: 134-152. 2005.
Chronologically From Most Recently Published
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Night waking among breastfeeding mothers and infants: Conflict, congruence or both?, by James J. McKenna. Evolution, Medicine, & Public Health. pp 3-17, 2014.
- Evolutionary Perspectives on Mother-Infant Sleep Proximity and Breastfeeding in a Laboratory Setting, by Lee T. Gettler and James J. McKenna. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 144: 454-462. 2011.
- Nighttime Parenting Strategies and Sleep-Related Risks to Infants, by Lane E. Volpe, Helen L. Ball, and James J. McKenna. Social Science and Medicine [online] 2012.
- Introduction and Overview of Evolutionary Medicine, by Wenda R. Trevathan, E.O. Smith, and James J. McKenna. Evolutionary Medicine and Health: New Perspectives: 1-54. 2007.
- Never Sleep with Baby? Or Keep Me Close But Keep Me Safe: Eliminating Inappropriate "Safe Infant Sleep" Rhetoric in the United States, by Lee T. Gettler and James J. McKenna. Current Pediatric Reviews 6:1, 1-6. 2010.
- Who Wants to Sleep Alone? Mothering Magazine Reprint, including: The Science of Sharing Sleep, by Lee T. Gettler and James J. McKenna. Mothering Magazine, 153 (Jan-Feb issue). 2009.
- Sleeping with Baby: An Internet-Based Sampling of Parental Experiences, Choices, Perceptions and Interpretations in a Western Industrialized Context, by James J. McKenna and L. Volpe. Infant and Child Development 16:359-385. 2007.
- Mother-Infant Cosleeping, Breastfeeding and SIDS: What Biological Anthropology Has Discovered About Normal Infant Sleep and Pediatric Sleep Medicine, by James J. McKenna, Helen Ball and Lee T. Gettler.Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 50:133-161. 2007.
- Mother-Infant Cosleeping with Breastfeeding in the Western Industrialized Context: A Biocultural Perspective, by James J. McKenna and Lee T. Gettler. Textbook of Human Lactation. T.W. Hale and P.E. Hartmann, eds. Amarillo, Texas: Hale Publishing, 2007.
- New Knowledge, New Insights and New Recommendations: Scientific Controversy and Media Hype in Unexpected Infant Deaths, by Peter Fleming, Peter Blair and James J. McKenna. Invited Editorial: Archives Disease in Children. 2006.
- Assessing Tradeoffs between Potential Benefits and Risks of Increased Nighttime Contact between Mothers and Infants, by James J. McKenna. Pediatrics and Infant Health. Journal of the Canadian Pediatric Society, Vol. 11 Supplement A. 2006.
- Why Babies Should Never Sleep Alone: A Review of the Cosleeping Controversy in Relationship to SIDS, Breastfeeding and Bedsharing, by James J. McKenna and Thomas McDade. Pediatric Respiratory Reviews 6: 134-152. 2005.
- Mother-Infant Cosleeping with Breastfeeding: Adaptive Behaviors Worth Fighting For, by James J. McKenna. Breastfeeding Abstracts 23(1): 3-4, 2004.
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Infant Sleep, Breastfeeding, and Infant Sleeping Arrangements, by James J. McKenna. Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology, Health and Illness in the World's Cultures, Vol. 1. C. Ember and M. Ember, Eds. New York: Plenum Publishers. 2004.
- Mother-Infant Cosleeping: Toward a New Scientific Beginning, by James J. McKenna and Sarah Mosko. Ch. 16 in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Puzzles, Problems and Possibilities. R. Byard and H. Krous, eds. London: Arnold Publishers, 2001.
- Cosleeping (Bedsharing) among Infants and Toddlers, by M. Stein, C. Caloruso, J. McKenna and N. Wight. Pediatrics, April 2001.
- In Defense of Maya's Mother, by James J. McKenna. Contemporary Pediatrics, 16:7 (June) 116-117. 2000.
- Sleep Location and Suffocation: How Good Is the Evidence? by James J. McKenna and Lawrence M. Gartner. Letters to the Editor in Pediatrics 105 (4):917-919. 2000.
- Cultural Influences on Infant and Childhood Sleep Biology and the Science that Studies It: Toward a More Inclusive Paradigm, by James J. McKenna. Sleep and Breathing in: Children and Pediatrics. J. Laughlin, C. Marcos and J. Carroll, eds. Marcel-Dekker Publishers. 2000.
- Breast-feeding and Mother-Infant Cosleeping in Relation to SIDS Prevention, by James McKenna, Sarah Mosko and Christopher Richard. Ch. 3 in Evolutionary Medicine. W. Trevathan, E.O. Smith and J. McKenna, eds. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Apnea and Periodic Breathing in Bed-Sharing and Solitary Sleeping Infants, by Christopher Richard, Sarah Mosko and James J. McKenna. Journal of Applied Psychology 84(4): 1374-1380. 1998.
- Maternal Sleep and Arousals During Bedsharing with Infants, by Sarah Mosko, Christopher Richard and James McKenna. Sleep 201(2): 142-150. 1997.
- Infant Arousals During Mother-Infant Bed Sharing: Implications for Infant Sleep and SIDS Research, by Sarah Mosko, Christopher Richard, and James McKenna. Pediatrics 100 (2): 841-849. 1997.
- Maternal Proximity and CO2 Environment During Bedsharing and Possible Implications for SIDS Research, by S. Mosko, C. Richard, J. McKenna, S. Drummond and D. Mukai. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 103:315-328, 1997.
- Challenging Cases: Cosleeping (Bedsharing) Among Infants and Toddlers, by James J. McKenna. Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 18(6): 408-413. 1997.
- The Potential Benefits of Infant-Parent Co-Sleeping in Relation to SIDS Prevention, by James J. McKenna. In: SIDS in the 90s. Torliey O. Rognum, Ed. Scandinavian Press, 1995.
- Experimental Studies of Infant-Parent Co-Sleeping: Mutual Physiological and Behavioral Influences and Their Relevance to SIDS, by J. McKenna, S. Mosko, C. Richard et al. Early Human Development 38:182-201. 1994.
- Sleep Arousal, Synchrony and Independence among Mothers and Infants Sleeping Apart and Together (Same Bed): An Experiment in Evolutionary Medicine, by James J. McKenna and Sarah Mosko. Acta Pediatric, International Journal of Pediatrics, Supplement 390. 1994.
- Evolution and Infant Sleep: An Experimental Study of Infant-Parent Cosleeping and Its Implications for SIDS. Acta Pediatrica: An International Journal of Pediatrics, Vol. 2 Supplement 389. 1993.
- Parent-Infant Cosleeping: The Appropriate Context for the Study of Infant Sleep and Implications for SIDS Research, by Sarah Mosko and James McKenna et al. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 16(6): 589-610. 1993.
- "Cosleeping" entry in the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming, by James J. McKenna. Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreaming, ed. Mary A. Carskadon. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co, 1993.
- Infant-Parent Co-sleeping in an Evolutionary Perspective: Imperatives for Understanding Infant Sleep Development and SIDS, by James J. McKenna et al. Sleep 16(3): 263-282, 1993.
- Sleep and Arousal Patterns of Cosleeping Human Mother-Infant Pairs: A Preliminary Physiological Study with Implications for the Study of SIDS, by James J. McKenna, Sarah Mosko, Claibourne Dungy and Jan McAninch. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 83:331-347. 1990.
- Evolution and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Part II: Why Human Infants? by James J. McKenna and Sarah Mosko. Human Nature 1 (2). 1990.
- Evolution and the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Part III: Parent-Infant Co-sleeping and Infant Arousal, by James J. McKenna and Sarah Mosko. Human Nature: 1(2). 1990.
