Neural reward processing in self-reported short sleepers: examination of gambling task brain activation in the Human Connectome Project database.

ABSTRACT: Much of what we assume about the effects of short sleep duration on neural reward processing derives from total sleep deprivation studies. Although total sleep deprivation appears rare, habitual short sleep is common: 30% of working US adults report habitually sleeping ≤ 6 hours/night. It remains largely unknown whether habitual short sleepers exhibit similar reward processing brain activation patterns to those observed following total sleep deprivation in prior studies. Therefore, our aim was to test objectively reward processing brain activation patterns associated with self-reported habitual short sleep duration in a large sample. Nine hundred and fifty-two adult participants from the Human Connectome Project database were grouped on reported habitual short (≤6 hours) vs. medium-length

SUBMITTER: Curtis BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7458276 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature