The Interplay Between Sleep and Emotion Regulation: Conceptual Framework Empirical Evidence and Future Directions

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Gruber, Reut ^a,b   Cassoff, Jamie ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronotype; Emotional reactivity; Emotional regulation; Executive function; Mood; Sleep deprivation; Sleep regulation

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONNECTOME; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MOOD; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; ADULT; BRAIN; EMOTION; HOMEOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBRUM; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; SLEEP;

EID: 84920913480     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-014-0500-x     Document Type: Review

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