The Impact of Sleep Loss on Human Behavior and Neural Activity
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (6 April 2023) | Viewed by 2621
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sleep is essential for maintaining behavioral performance and well-being in daily life. It is evident that inadequate sleep adversely affects people’s cognitive and affective functions, such as attention, memory, emotion, and social interaction. Moreover, sleep loss affects individuals’ brain functions, including the thalamus, default mode network, and frontal–parietal attention network. However, sleep loss commonly happens in modern society. The effect of sleep loss was documented in many contexts, such as at work and educational environments, in traffic safety and in public health. Therefore, it is crucial to increase the scientific understanding of how sleep loss affects people’s performance and brain function.
This Special Issue plans to provide an overview of the recent advances related to sleep loss on human behavioral performance and neural activity. Research and reviews related to sleep deprivation, sleep restriction and sleep disorders (e.g., insomnia) are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Ning Ma
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sleep deprivation
- sleep restriction
- cognition
- emotion
- behavioral performance
- neural activity
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