The age differences of sleep disruption on mood states and memory performance

Objectives: In the present study, we explored the age differences of mood states and memory performance between younger and older adults after one night of sleep disruption.Method: Twenty-nine younger adults and 30 older adults completed mood states assessments and memory tasks before and after sleep disruption. Participants’ sleep was disrupted by periodical phone calls once per hour. Sleep parameters of baseline sleep and disrupted sleep were...