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  • Neuroscience
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Cognitive Psychology

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  • Insomnia is prevalent and impacts cognitive function.
  • Distinguishing between insomnia phenotypes based on sleep duration is crucial for understanding cognitive profiles.
  • Previous research has linked insomnia to cognitive impairments, but specific profiles for different insomnia types require further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare cognitive profiles across individuals with short sleep duration insomnia (SSDI), normal sleep duration insomnia (NSDI), and healthy sleepers.
  • To investigate differences in self-reported and laboratory-assessed cognitive functions, mood, and sleep architecture among these groups.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized polysomnography (PSG) and neuropsychological assessments on 902 participants from the Raine Study (aged 22 ± 0.6 years).
  • Categorized participants into healthy sleepers (n=246), NSDI (n=53), and SSDI (n=71) based on insomnia and sleep disorder criteria.
  • Compared self-reported and laboratory-assessed cognition (attention, memory, executive function, psychomotor function), mood, and PSG-derived sleep stages (% total sleep time).

Main Results:

  • Both insomnia groups reported poorer attention, memory, mood, and sleep compared to healthy sleepers.
  • Laboratory assessments revealed attention inconsistency in both insomnia groups.
  • NSDI group exhibited less consistent working memory reaction times; SSDI group showed greater executive function (shifting) inconsistency and altered sleep architecture (increased N1/N3, decreased REM sleep).

Conclusions:

  • NSDI is associated with working memory inconsistency, suggesting cognitive pathophysiology beyond sleep disturbance.
  • SSDI is linked to distinct sleep architecture, attention deficits, and executive dysfunction, implicating sleep disturbance in its disease process.
  • These findings highlight the importance of differentiating insomnia phenotypes for targeted cognitive and sleep interventions.