Temporal dynamics of the influence of pre- or anticipated post-sleep stress on dream content
Neuropsychologia October 30, 2025 Sandrine Baselgia, Björn Rasch 1 citation
Psychosocial stress induces stress responses at physiological and cognitive levels which disrupt subsequent sleep. A recent study from our group has shown that stress-induced changes are dynamic: stress before sleep led to prolonged sleep latency and changes in the early sleep period, while anticipated post-sleep stress resulted in changes in the late sleep period. A possible explanation is...