Sleep/wake regularity influences how stress shapes executive function.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sleep and stress processes shape executive function. Evidence suggests that poor sleep regulation can lead to significant impairments in executive functions. Psychological stress can also directly impact a variety of executive functions, often leading to declines, but may additionally reduce executive function via its negative impact on sleep. Rates of perceived stress and poor sleep have skyrocketed in recent years. As such, it has become increasingly important to understand how daily stress exposures and sleep processes modulate executive functions.

Methods

In a remote 21-day app-based study, 227 participants completed sleep and stress assessments three times a day. They also completed three executive functioning tasks at various timepoints across the 21-day s

SUBMITTER: Gilmore GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12713908 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature