Task switching in older adults with and without insomnia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Task-switching deficits are common in older adults and in those with insomnia. Such deficits may be driven by difficulties with sleep continuity and dampened homeostatic sleep drive.

Objective

To identify the aspects of task switching affected by insomnia and its treatment, and to determine whether such effects are associated with sleep continuity and homeostatic sleep drive.

Methods

Polysomnographic sleep and task switching were tested in healthy older adults aged 60-93 years with insomnia (n = 48) and normal sleeping controls (n = 51). Assessments were repeated in the insomnia group after eight weeks of cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia. Sleep measures included wake after sleep onset (WASO) and quantitative indices of homeostatic sleep drive (de

SUBMITTER: Wilckens KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5321623 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature