Open Access<p>Experienced Demand Does Not Affect Subsequent Sleep and the Cortisol Awakening Response</p>
Author(s) -
Greg J. Elder,
Mark Wetherell,
Thomas V. Pollet,
Nicola L. Barclay,
Jason Ellis
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nature and science of sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.715
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1179-1608
DOI - 10.2147/nss.s231484
Subject(s) - sleep (system call) , cortisol awakening response , medicine , polysomnography , anxiety , stressor , affect (linguistics) , anticipation (artificial intelligence) , sleep deprivation , sleep onset , cognition , audiology , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , circadian rhythm , psychology , clinical psychology , hydrocortisone , insomnia , psychiatry , electroencephalography , communication , artificial intelligence , computer science , operating system
Stress is associated with subjective and objective sleep disturbances; however, it is not known whether stress disrupts sleep and relevant physiological markers of stress immediately after it is experienced. The present study examined whether demand, in the form of cognitive tasks, disrupted sleep and the cortisol awakening response (CAR), depending on whether it was experienced or just anticipated.