Gheorghe Doros

Impact of REM sleep on distortions of self-concept, mood and memory in depressed/anxious participants.

Journal of Affective Disorders July 24, 2009 Patrick Mcnamara, Sanford Auerbach, Patricia Johnson et al.

Introduction: We tested the hypothesis that REM sleep contributes to core features of cognitive dysfunction of anxious depression including negative self-appraisals, biased memory processing and unpleasant dream content. Methods: After a habituation night in a sleep lab, a convenience sample of 35 healthy college students and 20 depressed/anxious students were awakened 10 min into a REM sleep...