Understanding the need for sleep to improve cognition

RLF Leong, MWL Chee - Annual review of psychology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The restorative function of sleep is shaped by its duration, timing, continuity, subjective
quality, and efficiency. Current sleep recommendations specify only nocturnal duration and …

[HTML][HTML] Systematic review and meta-analyses on the effects of afternoon napping on cognition

RLF Leong, JC Lo, MWL Chee - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Naps are increasingly considered a means to boost cognitive performance. We quantified
the cognitive effects of napping in 60 samples from 54 studies. 52 samples evaluated …

The impact of sleep deprivation on declarative memory

JN Cousins, G Fernández - Progress in brain research, 2019 - Elsevier
Sleep plays a crucial role in memory stabilization and integration, yet many people obtain
insufficient sleep. This review assesses what is known about the level of sleep deprivation …

Adolescent sleep restriction effects on cognition and mood

MA Short, MWL Chee - Progress in brain research, 2019 - Elsevier
Adolescents throughout the world do not obtain adequate sleep. A recent proliferation of
experimental and quasi-experimental studies has considerably clarified the relationships …

A daytime nap restores hippocampal function and improves declarative learning

JL Ong, TY Lau, XK Lee, E van Rijn, MWL Chee - Sleep, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Daytime naps can confer benefits on subsequent declarative
learning, but the physiological correlates of this improvement are less well studied. We …

Sleep and circadian rhythms in adolescence

L Tarokh, M Short, SJ Crowley… - Current sleep medicine …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The purpose of this review is to synthesize the current evidence
regarding biological changes to the regulation of sleep-wake behavior in adolescence …

Orexin A peptidergic system: Comparative sleep behavior, morphology and population in brains between wild type and Alzheimer's disease mice

P Zhao, Y You, Z Wang, Y Zhou, G Chai, G Yan… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
Sleep disturbance is common in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and orexin A is a
pivotal neurotransmitter for bidirectionally regulating the amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition of AD …

Splitting sleep between the night and a daytime nap reduces homeostatic sleep pressure and enhances long-term memory

JN Cousins, RLF Leong, SA Jamaluddin, ASC Ng… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Daytime naps have been linked with enhanced memory encoding and consolidation. It
remains unclear how a daily napping schedule impacts learning throughout the day, and …

Memory performance following napping in habitual and non-habitual nappers

RLF Leong, N Yu, JL Ong, ASC Ng, SA Jamaluddin… - sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Afternoon naps benefit memory but this may depend on whether
one is a habitual napper (HN;≥ 1 nap/week) or non-habitual napper (NN). Here, we …

Challenging the stigma of workplace napping

SE Alger, AJ Brager, VF Capaldi - Sleep, 2019 - academic.oup.com
“Why should someone get paid to sleep on the job?”“I don't have time to nap. I have too
much work to do.”“You must be lazy if you take naps.” Despite growing awareness and …