Saturday, August 29, 2020

Study finds that sleep restriction amplifies anger

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/aaos-sft082820.php


News Release 28-Aug-2020
American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Feeling angry these days? New research suggests that a good night of sleep may be just what you need.


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The experiment found that well-slept individuals adapted to noise and reported less anger after two days. In contrast, sleep-restricted individuals exhibited higher and increased anger in response to aversive noise, suggesting that losing sleep undermined emotional adaptation to frustrating circumstance. Subjective sleepiness accounted for most of the experimental effect of sleep loss on anger. A related experiment in which individuals reported anger following an online competitive game found similar results.

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