How does a lack of sleep affect our brains? In contrast to the benefits of sleep, frameworks
exploring the impact of sleep loss are relatively lacking. Importantly, the effects of sleep …

The current meta-analytic review evaluated the effects of experimentally manipulated sleep
restriction on neurocognitive functioning. Random-effects models were employed to …

A growing body of research suggests that disrupted sleep is a robust risk and maintenance
factor for a range of psychiatric conditions. One explanatory mechanism linking sleep and …

Sleep deprivation is associated with considerable social, financial, and health-related costs,
in large measure because it produces impaired cognitive performance due to increasing …

Much of the current science on, and mathematical modeling of, dynamic changes in human
performance within and between days is dominated by the two-process model of sleep …

Today, prolonged wakefulness is a widespread phenomenon. Nevertheless, in the field of
sleep and wakefulness, several unanswered questions remain. Prolonged wakefulness can …

Background Cognitive performance deteriorates during extended wakefulness and
circadian phase misalignment, and some individuals are more affected than others. Whether …

Abstract Study Objectives: Attention is a cognitive domain that can be severely affected by
sleep deprivation. Previous neuroimaging studies have used different attention paradigms …

Working memory, a fundamental cognitive function that is highly dependent on the integrity
of the prefrontal cortex, is known to show age-related decline across the typical healthy adult …

Sleep deprivation (SD) can alter extrinsic, task-related fMRI signal involved in attention,
memory and executive function. However, its effects on intrinsic low-frequency connectivity …