Effects of Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Deprivation on Error Monitoring

• Main Authors: Yun-Hsuan Chen, 陳韻亘
• Other Authors: Ling-Ling Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51919123783293724616

碩士 === 國立中正大學 === 心理學研究所 === 103 === The main purpose of this study is to explore the role of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep on error monitoring by REM sleep deprivation. Ten participants (6 females, age: 20-22 years) each underwent 3 sleep conditions, including baseline (maintaining regular sleep schedules), RD (REM sleep deprivation), and YC (yoke control). Flanker task performance and electroencephalogram data were collected in the morning following the baseline sleep, RD, and YC nights. Compared to the adaptation night before sleep manipulations, both RD and YC nights led to changes in sleep stage distribution. Compared to the YC night, the RD night had reduced the total sleep time and REM sleep time; and increased the N1 sleep time, number of sleep stage changes, total arousal index, and REM sleep arousal index. The ERP data indicate that compared to baseline, the mean amplitude of ERN at FCz was reduced in both the RD and YC conditions. Subjective evaluations on sleepiness and the Flanker task performance did not differ between the 3 sleep conditions. Compared to the baseline condition, both RD and YC resulted in smaller amplitudes of the error-related negativity (ERN). This study showed that partial sleep deprivation weakened error detection but failed to support a specific effect of REM sleep on error monitoring.