Sleep deprivation and interference by emotional distracters.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

We determined if sleep deprivation would amplify the effect of negative emotional distracters on working memory.

Design

A crossover design involving 2 functional neuroimaging scans conducted at least one week apart. One scan followed a normal night of sleep and the other followed 24 h of sleep deprivation. Scanning order was counterbalanced across subjects.

Setting

The study took place in a research laboratory.

Participants

24 young, healthy volunteers with no history of any sleep, psychiatric, or neurologic disorders.

Interventions

N/A.

Measurements and results

Study participants were scanned while performing a delayed-response working memory task. Two distracters were presented during the maintenance phase, and these differed in

SUBMITTER: Chuah LY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2941416 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature