Overnight emotional adaptation to negative stimuli is altered by REM sleep deprivation and is correlated with intervening dream emotions

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 178-187

  Lara Carrasco, Jessica ^a,b   Nielsen, Tore A ^a,c   Solomonova, Elizaveta ^a,b   Levrier, Katia ^a,b   Popova, Ani ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Psychology ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dreaming; Emotion induction task; Emotional adaptation; Rapid eye movement sleep; Standardized picture stimuli; Valence arousal of emotions

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DREAMING; EMOTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REM SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DREAMS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP, REM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65749096628     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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