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The effect of sleep restriction on empathy for pain : An fMRI study in younger and older adults
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- Tamm, Sandra (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Nilssone, Gustav (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Schwarz, Johanna (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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Lamm, Claus (author)
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- Kecklund, Göran (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Radboud Universiteit, Netherlands
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- Petrovic, Predrag (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Fischer, Håkan (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Biologisk psykologi
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- Åkerstedt, Torbjörn (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- Lekander, Mats (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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- 2017-09-25
- 2017
- English.
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In: Scientific Reports. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2045-2322. ; 7
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Abstract
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- Age and sleep both affect emotional functioning. Since sleep patterns change over the lifespan, we investigated the effects of short sleep and age on empathic responses. In a randomized cross-over experimental design, healthy young and older volunteers (n = 47 aged 20–30 years and n = 39 aged 65–75 years) underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) after normal sleep or night sleep restricted to 3 hours. During fMRI, participants viewed pictures of needles pricking a hand (pain) or Q-tips touching a hand (control), a well-established paradigm to investigate empathy for pain. There was no main effect of sleep restriction on empathy. However, age and sleep interacted so that sleep restriction caused increased unpleasantness in older but not in young participants. Irrespective of sleep condition, older participants showed increased activity in angular gyrus, superior temporal sulcus and temporo-parietal junction compared to young. Speculatively, this could indicate that the older individuals adopted a more cognitive approach in response to others’ pain. Our findings suggest that caution in generalizability across age groups is needed in further studies of sleep on social cognition and emotion.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinska och farmaceutiska grundvetenskaper -- Neurovetenskaper (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Basic Medicine -- Neurosciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- ageing
- circadian rhythms and sleep
- emotion
- Psychology
- psykologi
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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