Commentary: The Relationship between Sleep Complaints, Depression, and Executive Functions on Older Adults

Frontiers in Psychology

Andrea Ballesio¹ 

关键词: sleep;    insomnia;    depression;    frontal lobe functions;    executive functions;    commentary;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01870

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Executive functions are a set of top-down higher order cognitive processes that are vulnerable to sleep loss (Gorgoni et al., 2014) and impaired in individuals with depression (Snyder et al., 2015). The co-occurrence of impaired executive functions, sleep disturbance and depressive symptoms in elderly samples indicates that the three conditions may be interrelated (Yu et al., 2016). Nevertheless, to date few studies investigated the relationships between these three variables. The present commentary aims to draw attention to some factors that may be considered for advancing knowledge in this field, starting from findings reported by de Almondes et al. (2016) in the article recently published in “Frontiers in Psychology.”.

【 授权许可】

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