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ReviewPerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2015

Sleep, cognition, and normal aging: integrating a half century of multidisciplinary research.

Michael K Scullin, Donald L Bliwise

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Review in Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 252 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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252citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
17.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

252 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 487 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Sleep disturbances in Lewy body dementia: A systematic review.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2022
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  12. Effects of inhaled aromatherapy on sleep quality and cognitive function in older adults: a randomised controlled trial.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael K ScullinDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine michael_scullin@baylor.edu.
Donald L BliwiseDepartment of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine.
Emory University · US

Funding

Sleep/Wake Contiuum in Lewy Body DiseaseR01NS050595 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI BLIWISE, DONALD L. · 2006 to 2010
$1.7M
The Role of Sleep in Cognitive Declines in Normal Aging and Mild Cognitive ImpairF32AG041543 · NIA · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI SCULLIN, MICHAEL K · 2011 to 2014
$149k
NIA NIH HHS F32 AG041543NIA NIH HHS F32AG041543NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS050595NINDS NIH HHS R01NS050595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sleep is implicated in cognitive functioning in young adults. With increasing age, there are substantial changes to sleep quantity and quality, including changes to slow-wave sleep, spindle density, and sleep continuity/fragmentation. A provocative question for the field of cognitive aging is whether such changes in sleep physiology affect cognition (e.g., memory consolidation). We review nearly a half century of research across seven diverse correlational and experimental domains that historically have had little crosstalk. Broadly speaking, sleep and cognitive functions are often related in advancing age, though the prevalence of null effects in healthy older adults (including correlations in the unexpected, negative direction) indicates that age may be an effect modifier of these associations. We interpret the literature as suggesting that maintaining good sleep quality, at least in young adulthood and middle age, promotes better cognitive functioning and serves to protect against age-related cognitive declines.

Indexed as

AgingCognitionSleepAnimalsHumansMemorySleep Deprivationactigraphyepidemiologymemory consolidationnappingneuropsychologypolysomnographysleep deprivationsleep pharmacology

Identifiers

PMID25620997
PMCPMC4302758
OpenAlexW2137418393

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