Increased impulsivity in response to food cues after sleep loss in healthy young men.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate whether acute total sleep deprivation (TSD) leads to decreased cognitive control when food cues are presented during a task requiring active attention, by assessing the ability to cognitively inhibit prepotent responses.

Methods

Fourteen males participated in the study on two separate occasions in a randomized, crossover within-subject design: one night of TSD versus normal sleep (8.5 hours). Following each nighttime intervention, hunger ratings and morning fasting plasma glucose concentrations were assessed before performing a go/no-go task.

Results

Following TSD, participants made significantly more commission errors when they were presented "no-go" food words in the go/no-go task, as compared with their performance following sleep (+56%; P<

SUBMITTER: Cedernaes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4314688 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature