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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Sleep Science
  • Decision-Making Research

Background:

  • Occupational settings often demand immediate post-awakening decisions.
  • Existing research explores sleep inertia and anchoring bias independently.
  • The interaction between sleep inertia and anchoring bias remains under-investigated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the influence of sleep inertia on anchoring bias susceptibility.
  • To test the hypothesis that sleep inertia amplifies anchoring effects due to reduced cognitive effort.
  • To explore the moderating role of sleep inertia in decision-making after awakening.

Main Methods:

  • 104 subjects were randomly assigned to nighttime awakening (sleep inertia group) or daytime (control group) conditions.
  • Participants completed anchoring tasks to assess decision-making.
  • Self-reported sleepiness and cognitive effort were measured.

Main Results:

  • The well-established anchoring effect was replicated: higher anchors led to higher estimates.
  • No significant differences in anchoring bias were found between the sleep inertia and control groups.
  • While the sleep inertia group reported higher sleepiness and lower cognitive effort, these did not mediate anchoring differences.

Conclusions:

  • Sleep inertia does not appear to significantly moderate susceptibility to the anchoring bias.
  • Reduced cognitive effort associated with sleep inertia did not amplify anchoring effects.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the cognitive processes underlying post-awakening decision-making.