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Research note 13
Sleep and emotion regulation: what experiments on sleep loss show
Experimental sleep loss reduces positive affect and increases anxiety, and poor sleep is associated with later depression. This note reviews the meta-analyses, what they say about emotion regulation, and why sleep matters after an emotional strain.
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Advice 13 · Meta-analytic
Protect your sleep after an emotional strain instead of processing it all night
Experimental sleep loss reduces positive affect, increases anxiety and lowers the threshold for stress. After a difficult day, keeping your usual sleep preserves the capacity to regulate and decide the next day.
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Sleep and emotion regulation: what experiments on sleep loss show