Is short sleep bad for the brain? Brain structure and cognitive function in short sleepers

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, Y Wang, IK Amlien… - Journal of …, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Many sleep less than recommended without experiencing daytime sleepiness. According to
prevailing views, short sleep increases risk of lower brain health and cognitive function …

Impact of sleep duration on executive function and brain structure

XY Tai, C Chen, S Manohar, M Husain - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
Sleep is essential for life, including daily cognitive processes, yet the amount of sleep
required for optimal brain health as we grow older is unclear. Poor memory and increased …

Shorter sleep duration and better sleep quality are associated with greater tissue density in the brain

H Takeuchi, Y Taki, R Nouchi, R Yokoyama… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Poor sleep quality is associated with unfavorable psychological measurements, whereas
sleep duration has complex relationships with such measurements. The aim of this study …

Neuropsychological effects of sleep loss: implication for neuropsychologists

F Waters, RS Bucks - Journal of the International …, 2011 - cambridge.org
There is rapidly accumulating evidence of a close relationship between sleep loss and
cognition. Neuropsychologists need to become aware of this body of knowledge as the …

[HTML][HTML] Association of past and current sleep duration with structural brain differences: A large population-based study from the UK Biobank

Z Wang, X Li, J Wang, W Yang, A Dove, W Lu, X Qi… - Sleep Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This study aimed to examine the association between past/current sleep duration
and macro-/micro-structural brain outcomes and explore whether hypertension or social …

Sleep duration and executive function in adults

A Sen, XY Tai - Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To review the literature examining the relationship between
sleep and cognition, specifically examining the sub-domain of executive function. We …

Sleep characteristics, cognitive performance, and gray matter volume: findings from the BiDirect Study

M Hermesdorf, A Szentkirályi, H Teismann, I Teismann… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Sleep is essential for restorative metabolic changes and its
physiological correlates can be examined using overnight polysomnography. However, the …

Sleep and the brain

IM Colrain - Neuropsychology review, 2011 - Springer
Sleep is a fundamental behavior ubiquitous in the animal kingdom, necessary for the
support of physical health and in humans for the maintenance of cognitive function. While it …

Exploring the bidirectional associations between short or long sleep duration and lower cognitive function: a 7-year cohort study in China

J Hua, S Zhuang, Y Shen, X Tang, H Sun… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Sleep duration is linked to cognitive function, but whether short or prolonged
sleep duration results from impaired cognition or vice versa has been controversial in …

Individual sleep need is flexible and dynamically related to cognitive function

AM Fjell, KB Walhovd - Nature Human Behaviour, 2024 - nature.com
Given that sleep deprivation studies consistently show that short sleep causes
neurocognitive deficits, the effects of insufficient sleep on brain health and cognition are of …