Essay topic
The essay topic is as follows:
How do sleep problems affect thought, memory, and emotions?
We spend approximately one-third of our life asleep and yet rarely think about how important it is to our overall wellbeing. Many restorative and protective processes occur during sleep, so it is not surprising that lack of sleep, or even normal length but poor-quality sleep, can have a negative impact on our wellbeing. Poor concentration, a ‘foggy’ mind, and an inability to control emotions are common consequences of compromised sleep. In chronic cases, where sleep problems occur consistently over long periods of time (e.g. insomnia), there can even be a greater risk of developing a mental illness. Despite knowing about the negative consequences of compromised sleep for many years, we are only just starting to understand some of the mechanisms that might explain these associations.
For this essay, you will review the research literature on how compromised sleep (e.g. sleep deprivation, poor quality sleep) affects thought, memory, and emotions. Given the complexity of this topic, you may need to focus on a few key studies to stay within the word limits. You will need to refer to at least four articles in your essay: the two starting references plus at least two you find independently. You will need to support your argument with the credible source material, which you may have found during your literature search for Assignment 1A: Article analysis.
Starting references
You must locate and read the following journal articles:
Title: Losing control: Sleep deprivation impairs the suppression of unwanted thoughts
Authors: Marcus Harrington, Jennifer Ashton, Subbulakshmi Sankarasubramanian, Michael Anderson, & Scott Cairney
Publication Details: Clinical Psychological Science, 2021, Vol. 9, pp. 97-113 (Please note that are two versions of this article available through Swinburne LibraryLinks to an external site.. You need to read the one published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science).
Title: Emotional memory processing is influenced by sleep quality
Authors: Daniel Tempesta, Luigi De Gennaro, Vincenzo Natale, & Michele Ferrara
Publication Details: Sleep Medicine, 2015, Vol. 16, pp. 862-870.
Note that these references are not in APA format. You are required to correctly format references in your essay’s reference list.
