Shortened night sleep impairs facial responsiveness to emotional stimuli

Schwarz, Johanna; Popp, Roland; Haas, Jessica R.; Zulley, Jürgen; Geisler, Peter; Alpers, Georg W.; Osterheider, Michael; Eisenbarth, Hedwig

doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.01.008

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“…This finding corroborates the literature identifying regulation as a buffer rather than an outcome of sleep (Cote et al, 2015; Schwarz et al, 2013). It is also the first study, to our knowledge, showing that emotion regulation use alters ties between sleep and inflammation.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…That is, one’s own short sleep alone did not automatically lead to negative behavior, even though the conflict presented an opportunity. This finding expands on neuroimaging evidence showing that people misinterpret social cues and inadequately convey emotions after sleep loss (Schwarz et al, 2013; Yoo et al, 2007); indeed, a well-rested partner may help to neutralize disagreements despite the other’s sleep-related vulnerability to conflict. Likewise, this pattern extends previous couples data demonstrating that lower quality, less efficient sleep leads to more troubled marital interactions marked by a reduced ability to judge the other person’s emotions (Gordon and Chen, 2014; Hasler and Troxel, 2010).…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Given the equivocal evidence for the role of emotion regulation as outcome or moderator of short sleep’s negative effects (Schwarz et al, 2013; Yoo et al, 2007), we explored the effect of sleep on reappraisal and emotion expression as well as the moderating effect of these strategies on links between sleep and post-conflict inflammation.…”

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Shortened sleep fuels inflammatory responses to marital conflict: Emotion regulation matters

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Fagundes

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Psychoneuroendocrinology

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Sleep problems can boost inflammation and may jeopardize interpersonal functioning, risks that may be magnified in couples. This observational study examined the effects of self-reported recent sleep duration on couples’ inflammation, inflammatory responses to a problem discussion, interpersonal behavior, and use of emotion regulation strategies (emotion expression, cognitive reappraisal) during conflict. People who slept less had higher stimulated interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) production after the marital problem discussion than those who slept more. However, using emotion expression and cognitive reappraisal strategies during conflict protected couples who slept less from inflammatory reactivity. Specifically, people’s short sleep did not relate to inflammatory increases when they expressed their own feelings more or when their partner reappraised or expressed their emotions more. When both partners slept less, couples interacted in a more hostile way than when at least one partner slept more. These data point to the combination of short sleep and marital conflict as a novel path to heightened inflammation, a risk that partners’ emotion regulation strategies may counteract. The study also highlights the role of short sleep in more negative or punishing marital behavior.

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Shortened sleep fuels inflammatory responses to marital conflict: Emotion regulation matters

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“…facial muscles, vocalizations) are compromised by insufficient sleep (McGlinchey et al 2011). In addition to diminishing outward emotive expression, sleep deprivation also slows the generation of facial reactions in response to visual presentation of faces (Schwarz et al 2013). Of concern, insufficient sleep appears to trigger as much, if not more, of an impact on emotional expression in young children.…”

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The Role of Sleep in Emotional Brain Function

Goldstein

Walker

2014

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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Rapidly emerging evidence continues to describe an intimate and causal relationship between sleep and emotional brain function. These findings are mirrored by longstanding clinical observations demonstrating that nearly all mood and anxiety disorders co-occur with one or more sleep abnormalities. This review aims to (1) provide a synthesis of recent findings describing the emotional brain and behavioral benefits triggered by sleep, and conversely, the detrimental impairments following a lack of sleep, (2) outline a proposed framework in which sleep, and specifically rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep, supports a process of affective brain homeostasis, optimally preparing the organism for next-day social and emotional functioning, and (3) describe how this hypothesized framework can explain the prevalent relationships between sleep and psychiatric disorders, with a particular focus on post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression.

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“…For instance, sleep deprivation paradigms may model the effects of acute sleep loss (Talbot, McGlinchey, Kaplan, Dahl, & Harvey, 2010; Hamilton et al, 2008), but may not be informative about the effects of chronically poor sleep quality on emotional functioning. Moreover, results from deprivation studies have been conflicting (sleep deprivation enhances negative emotional reactivity: (Franzen, Buysse, Dahl, Thompson, & Siegle, 2009; Rosales-Lagarde et al, 2012; Prather, Bogdan, & Hariri, 2013); sleep deprivation reduces negative emotional reactivity: (Baran, Pace-Schott, Ericson, & Spencer, 2012; Schwarz et al, 2013). In sum, the existing literature does not offer strong guidance, with no study to date directly examining the relationship between chronic poor sleep quality and emotional reactivity.…”

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Sleep quality in healthy and mood-disordered persons predicts daily life emotional reactivity

O'Leary

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Panaite

et al. 2016

Cognition and Emotion

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Disordered sleep has been linked to impaired emotional functioning in healthy and depressed individuals (Bower et al, 2010; van der Helm & Walker, 2010). Little is known, however, about how chronic sleep problems influence emotional reactivity in everyday life. Participants with major or minor unipolar depressive disorder (n = 60) and healthy controls (n = 35) reported on sleep and emotional responses to daily life events using a computerized Experience Sampling Method. We examined whether impaired sleep quality influenced emotional reactivity to daily events, and if this relationship was altered by unipolar mood disorders. Among healthy individuals, sleep difficulties were associated with enhanced negative affect to unpleasant events and a dulled response to neutral events. However, among mood-disordered persons, sleep difficulties were associated with higher negative affect across all types of everyday life events. Impaired sleep quality differentially affects daily life emotional reactions as a function of depression.

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Shortened night sleep impairs facial responsiveness to emotional stimuli

Cited by 54 publications

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Shortened sleep fuels inflammatory responses to marital conflict: Emotion regulation matters

Shortened sleep fuels inflammatory responses to marital conflict: Emotion regulation matters

The Role of Sleep in Emotional Brain Function

Sleep quality in healthy and mood-disordered persons predicts daily life emotional reactivity

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