Institute of Cognitive Neurosicence, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
Dev Sci. 2012 May;15(3):408-16. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2012.01137.x. Epub 2012 Feb 23.
To explore the influence of circadian rhythms on executive function during early adolescence, we administered a battery of executive function measures (including a Go-Nogo task, the Iowa Gambling Task, a Self-ordered Pointing task, and an Intra/Extradimensional Shift task) to Morning-preference and Evening-preference participants (N = 80) between the ages of 11 and 14 years who were tested in the morning or afternoon. Significant Chronotype × Time of Day interactions (controlling for amount of sleep the previous night) revealed that adolescents tested at their optimal times of day performed better than those tested at their nonoptimal times. Implications for our understanding of physiological arousal, sleep, and executive function during adolescence are discussed.
为了探究青少年早期的生物钟节律对执行功能的影响,我们对 80 名 11 至 14 岁的晨型偏好和夜型偏好参与者进行了一系列执行功能测试(包括 Go-NoGo 任务、爱荷华赌博任务、自我定向点任务和内/外维度转换任务),这些参与者分别在上午或下午接受测试。(控制前一晚的睡眠时间)的显著的“时型×时间”交互作用表明,在最佳时间接受测试的青少年比在非最佳时间接受测试的青少年表现更好。本文讨论了这些结果对我们理解青少年时期的生理唤醒、睡眠和执行功能的意义。