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| Title |
Circadian and wakefulness-sleep modulation of cognition in humans
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00050 |
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| Authors |
Kenneth P. Wright, Christopher A. Lowry, Monique K. LeBourgeois |
| Abstract |
Cognitive and affective processes vary over the course of the 24 h day. Time of day dependent changes in human cognition are modulated by an internal circadian timekeeping system with a near-24 h period. The human circadian timekeeping system interacts with sleep-wakefulness regulatory processes to modulate brain arousal, neurocognitive and affective function. Brain arousal is regulated by ascending brain stem, basal forebrain (BF) and hypothalamic arousal systems and inhibition or disruption of these systems reduces brain arousal, impairs cognition, and promotes sleep. The internal circadian timekeeping system modulates cognition and affective function by projections from the master circadian clock, located in the hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN), to arousal and sleep systems and via clock gene oscillations in brain tissues. Understanding the basic principles of circadian and wakefulness-sleep physiology can help to recognize how the circadian system modulates human cognition and influences learning, memory and emotion. Developmental changes in sleep and circadian processes and circadian misalignment in circadian rhythm sleep disorders have important implications for learning, memory and emotion. Overall, when wakefulness occurs at appropriate internal biological times, circadian clockwork benefits human cognitive and emotion function throughout the lifespan. Yet, when wakefulness occurs at inappropriate biological times because of environmental pressures (e.g., early school start times, long work hours that include work at night, shift work, jet lag) or because of circadian rhythm sleep disorders, the resulting misalignment between circadian and wakefulness-sleep physiology leads to impaired cognitive performance, learning, emotion, and safety. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 80% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 259 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 249 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 43 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 14% |
| Researcher | 35 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 53 | 20% |
| Unknown | 44 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 17% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 15% |
| Neuroscience | 35 | 14% |
| Psychology | 32 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 48 | 19% |
| Unknown | 49 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 43. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 April 2023.
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