Age-Related Changes in Sleep-Dependent Emotional Memory

NCT ID: NCT04141722

Last Updated: 2019-10-28

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-12-11

Study Completion Date

2020-05-31

Brief Summary

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Memory influences emotional well being. Research has shown that having a negative emotional bias contributes to both emotion dysregulation and depression. Conversely, reactivating positive memories has been shown to reduce stress and symptoms of depression. In young adults, sleep is widely implicated in emotional processing, including consolidation of emotional memories. Evidence suggests that aging is associated with changes in emotion, including a positive memory bias and enhanced emotional well-being. These changes have been termed the "age-related positivity effect." However, the influence of sleep on these measures has not been investigated in healthy older individuals. The objective of this research is to understand the role of sleep in emotional memory consolidation and emotional well-being across adulthood. We hypothesize that sleep contributes to the age-related positivity effect in memory and affect. Our alternative hypothesis is that age-related decreases in sleep are responsible for reduced emotional memory processing over healthy aging.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Sleep Age Emotional Valence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Sleep

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Overnight sleep

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant sent home to sleep overnight wearing PSG.

Wake

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Wake

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participant sent to go about normal daily routine, instructed not to nap, drink caffeine, or engage in strenuous exercise.

Interventions

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Overnight sleep

Participant sent home to sleep overnight wearing PSG.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Wake

Participant sent to go about normal daily routine, instructed not to nap, drink caffeine, or engage in strenuous exercise.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18-30 or 50-80 years of age
* Have no history of a sleep disorder
* Have no history of neurological disease or injury
* Have no history of psychiatric illness (anxiety or mood disorder, schizophrenia, etc.)
* No history of chemotherapy
* Not be taking medications which effect sleep
* Habitually sleep more than 6 or more hours per night
* Be able to walk freely and independently
* Have normal to corrected-to-normal vision
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Massachusetts, Amherst

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rebecca Spencer

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Rebecca Spencer

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Locations

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University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Rebecca Spencer

Role: CONTACT

(413) 545-5987

Facility Contacts

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SomNeuro Laboratory

Role: primary

413-545-4831

References

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Dalgleish T, Werner-Seidler A. Disruptions in autobiographical memory processing in depression and the emergence of memory therapeutics. Trends Cogn Sci. 2014 Nov;18(11):596-604. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.06.010. Epub 2014 Jul 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25060510 (View on PubMed)

Ramirez S, Liu X, MacDonald CJ, Moffa A, Zhou J, Redondo RL, Tonegawa S. Activating positive memory engrams suppresses depression-like behaviour. Nature. 2015 Jun 18;522(7556):335-9. doi: 10.1038/nature14514.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26085274 (View on PubMed)

Speer ME, Bhanji JP, Delgado MR. Savoring the past: positive memories evoke value representations in the striatum. Neuron. 2014 Nov 19;84(4):847-56. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.09.028. Epub 2014 Oct 30.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25451197 (View on PubMed)

Baran B, Pace-Schott EF, Ericson C, Spencer RM. Processing of emotional reactivity and emotional memory over sleep. J Neurosci. 2012 Jan 18;32(3):1035-42. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2532-11.2012.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22262901 (View on PubMed)

Jones BJ, Schultz KS, Adams S, Baran B, Spencer RMC. Emotional bias of sleep-dependent processing shifts from negative to positive with aging. Neurobiol Aging. 2016 Sep;45:178-189. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.05.019. Epub 2016 May 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27459938 (View on PubMed)

Leigland LA, Schulz LE, Janowsky JS. Age related changes in emotional memory. Neurobiol Aging. 2004 Sep;25(8):1117-24. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2003.10.015.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 15212836 (View on PubMed)

Charles ST, Mather M, Carstensen LL. Aging and emotional memory: the forgettable nature of negative images for older adults. J Exp Psychol Gen. 2003 Jun;132(2):310-24. doi: 10.1037/0096-3445.132.2.310.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 12825643 (View on PubMed)

Mather M, Carstensen LL. Aging and motivated cognition: the positivity effect in attention and memory. Trends Cogn Sci. 2005 Oct;9(10):496-502. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2005.08.005.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16154382 (View on PubMed)

Charles ST, Reynolds CA, Gatz M. Age-related differences and change in positive and negative affect over 23 years. J Pers Soc Psychol. 2001 Jan;80(1):136-51.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11195886 (View on PubMed)

Mroczek DK, Kolarz CM. The effect of age on positive and negative affect: a developmental perspective on happiness. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1998 Nov;75(5):1333-49. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.75.5.1333.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 9866191 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1R56AG058685-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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