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The Effect of Presleep Focal Attention Load on Subsequent Sleep Patterns
Author(s) -
Glaubman Hananyah,
Orbach Israel,
Gross Ygal,
Aviram Orit,
Frieder Irene,
Frieman Meira,
Pelled Odeda
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1979.tb01506.x
Subject(s) - psychology , sleep (system call) , sleep patterns , audiology , non rapid eye movement sleep , adaptation (eye) , developmental psychology , eye movement , circadian rhythm , neuroscience , medicine , computer science , operating system
The hypothesis that a load on focal attention prior to sleep results in subsequent changes in sleep patterns was investigated. Eight females and 2 males slept in the laboratory for 4 nights: 2 adaptation nights, 1 experimental night preceded by a focal attention load, and 1 control night preceded by relaxed activity. On the experimental night, time in bed, total sleep time, and stage REM sleep were significantly longer than on the control night. The results support the hypothesis and suggest that attention during REM sleep has a unique character.