Subjective and objective sleep quality does not predict behavioural episodic foresight in younger or older adults.

ABSTRACT: Episodic foresight refers to one's capacity to use imagined scenarios to guide future-directed behaviors. It is important in facilitating complex activities of daily living, such as managing finances. Broader literature shows that older adults perform more poorly on tests of episodic foresight relative to their younger counterparts. At the same time, age-related changes in sleep often contribute to age-related decline in other cognitive abilities known to support episodic foresight, such as memory. No study to date has tested whether sleep quality is associated with episodic foresight when it is measured behaviorally; or whether this relationship is moderated by age. To address this, in the present study healthy younger (n = 39) and older (n = 41) adults were asked to wear an actigraphy wa

SUBMITTER: Demichelis OP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9852464 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature