Dzierzewski Joseph M, Dautovich Natalie, Ravyts Scott
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 West Franklin Street, Room 306, Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284-2018, USA.
Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 800 West Franklin Street, Room 203, Box 842018, Richmond, VA 23284-2018, USA.
Sleep Med Clin. 2018 Mar;13(1):93-106. doi: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2017.09.009. Epub 2017 Dec 8.
Increased age is associated with normative declines in both sleep and cognitive functioning. Although there are some inconsistencies in the literature, negative sleep changes are associated with worse cognitive functioning. This negative relationship holds true across normal-sleeping older adults, older adults with insomnia, older adults with sleep disordered breathing, cognitively healthy older adults, and older adults with dementia. There are mixed results regarding potential benefits of sleep treatments on cognitive functions; however, this line of research deserves added attention because the potential mechanisms of action are likely distinct from other interventions to improve cognition.
年龄增长与睡眠和认知功能的正常衰退有关。尽管文献中存在一些不一致之处,但睡眠的负面变化与较差的认知功能相关。这种负相关关系在正常睡眠的老年人、失眠的老年人、睡眠呼吸障碍的老年人、认知健康的老年人以及患有痴呆症的老年人中均成立。关于睡眠治疗对认知功能的潜在益处,研究结果不一;然而,这一研究方向值得更多关注,因为其潜在的作用机制可能与其他改善认知的干预措施不同。