Cognitive Dysfunction Induced by Sleep Deprivation

A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience".

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1. School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
2. Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Suzhou, China
Interests: sleep deprivation; attention; working memory; cognitive control; decision making; event-related potential; functional magnetic resonance imaging

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1. Sleep and NeuroImaging Center, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
2. Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, Chongqing 400715, China
Interests: sleep neuroimaging experimental technique; sleep and emotion; sleep and memory; sleep intervention and promotion

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

"Why do we spend nearly a third of our day sleeping? Would more meaningful tasks be accomplished if one were awake at all times?" Questions such as these often plague us, and as research continues to be conducted on sleep, we are coming to realize that it is essential for physical and mental health, and that sleep deprivation may cause disruptions in brain function, leading to decreased cognitive regulation.

This Special Issue of Brain Sciences focuses on the latest advances in understanding how sleep deprivation affects cognition. This Special Issue welcomes original research, clinical studies and review articles to help us further understand the effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive function and cognitive domains that include, but are not limited to, memory, attention, consciousness, executive functions, motivation, sensation and perception. We hope this topic will bring together those who are working in sleep medicine and will be beneficial for both clinicians and scientists.

Dr. Yongcong Shao
Dr. Xu Lei
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Keywords

  • sleep deprivation
  • circadian rhythms
  • insomnia
  • cognitive neuroscience
  • cognitive function
  • insomnia
  • attention
  • memory
  • decision making
  • reasoning

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Decrease in the P2 Amplitude of Object Working Memory after 8 h-Recovery Sleep Following 36 h-Total Sleep Deprivation: An ERP Study
by Yongcong Shao, Ziyi Peng, Lin Xu, Jie Lian, Xin An and Ming-Yang Cheng
Brain Sci. 2023, 13(10), 1470; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13101470 - 18 Oct 2023
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The impact of sleep deprivation on working memory can only be reversed by recovery sleep (RS). However, there are limited electrophysiological studies on the effect of RS on the improvement in working memory after sleep deprivation, and the changes in the early components [...] Read more.
The impact of sleep deprivation on working memory can only be reversed by recovery sleep (RS). However, there are limited electrophysiological studies on the effect of RS on the improvement in working memory after sleep deprivation, and the changes in the early components of event-related potentials (ERPs) before and after RS are still unclear. Therefore, this study aims to explore the effects of RS on the earlier ERP components related to object working memory following 36 h of total sleep deprivation (TSD). Twenty healthy male participants performed an object working memory task after 36 h of TSD and after 8 h of RS. Electroencephalogram data were recorded accordingly while the task was performed. Repeated ANOVA showed that P2 amplitudes related to object working memory decreased significantly after 8 h of RS compared to after a 36 h period of TSD, but there was no significant difference from baseline (BS), which indicates a trend of recovery to the baseline state. An 8 h RS can partially improve impaired object working memory caused by TSD. However, a longer period of RS is needed for the complete recovery of cognitive function after a long period of TSD. Full article
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The Impact of Sleep Deprivation on Brain Networks in Response to Social Evaluation Tasks
by Yiqi Mi, Huimin Duan, Ziye Xu and Xu Lei
Brain Sci. 2023, 13(8), 1122; https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13081122 - 25 Jul 2023
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Sleep loss may lead to negative bias during social interaction. In the current study, we conducted a revised social evaluation task experiment to investigate how sleep deprivation influences the self-referential and cognitive processes of social feedback. The experiment consisted of a first impression [...] Read more.
Sleep loss may lead to negative bias during social interaction. In the current study, we conducted a revised social evaluation task experiment to investigate how sleep deprivation influences the self-referential and cognitive processes of social feedback. The experiment consisted of a first impression task and a social feedback task. Seventy-eight participants completed the first impression task and were divided into normal and poor sleep groups. The results of an independent samples t-test showed that participants who slept worse were less likely to socialize with others but did not evaluate others as less attractive. Afterward, 22 of the participants from the first impression task were recruited to complete the social feedback task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on the mornings following two different sleep conditions at night: one night of normal sleep and one night of sleep deprivation. The results of this within-subject design study showed that participants who experienced the latter condition showed increased activation within the default mode network (i.e. superior parietal lobule, precuneus, inferior parietal lobule, inferior temporal gyrus, and medial frontal gyrus) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and stronger negative insula functional connectivity (FC) with the precuneus to negative feedback than positive feedback. The altered activation and behavioral pattern may indicate a negative bias for social cues. However, stronger negative coupling may indicate stronger cognitive control, which may protect against potential damage to self-concept. Our study suggested that sleep impairs most social functions, but may protect against impairment of important ones, such as self-concept. Full article
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