Sleep and emotion regulation: An organizing, integrative review

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue , 2017, Pages 6-16

  Palmer, Cara A ^a   Alfano, Candice A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion; Emotion regulation; Mood; Psychopathology; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE CHANGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; PROCESS MODEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; STIMULUS RESPONSE; EMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SLEEP;

EID: 85009508339     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2015.12.006     Document Type: Review

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