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- Title
Sleep deprivation attenuates neural responses to outcomes from risky decision‐making.
- Authors
Mao, Tianxin; Fang, Zhuo; Chai, Ya; Deng, Yao; Rao, Joy; Quan, Peng; Goel, Namni; Basner, Mathias; Guo, Bowen; Dinges, David F.; Liu, Jianghong; Detre, John A.; Rao, Hengyi
- Abstract
Sleep loss impacts a broad range of brain and cognitive functions. However, how sleep deprivation affects risky decision‐making remains inconclusive. This study used functional MRI to examine the impact of one night of total sleep deprivation (TSD) on risky decision‐making behavior and the underlying brain responses in healthy adults. In this study, we analyzed data from N = 56 participants in a strictly controlled 5‐day and 4‐night in‐laboratory study using a modified Balloon Analogue Risk Task. Participants completed two scan sessions in counter‐balanced order, including one scan during rested wakefulness (RW) and another scan after one night of TSD. Results showed no differences in participants' risk‐taking propensity and risk‐induced activation between RW and TSD. However, participants showed significantly reduced neural activity in the anterior cingulate cortex and bilateral insula for loss outcomes, and in bilateral putamen for win outcomes during TSD compared with RW. Moreover, risk‐induced activation in the insula negatively correlated with participants' risk‐taking propensity during RW, while no such correlations were observed after TSD. These findings suggest that sleep loss may impact risky decision‐making by attenuating neural responses to decision outcomes and impairing brain‐behavior associations. Previous studies have suggested that sleep loss affects various neurobehavioral functions including decision‐making. However, the impact of sleep deprivation on risky decision‐making remains controversial. This study examined the impact of total sleep deprivation on risky decision‐making in the brain through a modified Balloon Analogue Risk Task. Results demonstrate that sleep loss may impact risky decision‐making by attenuating the brain's responses to the decision outcomes and impairing the relationship between brain and behavior.
- Subjects
SLEEP deprivation; DECISION making; FUNCTIONAL magnetic resonance imaging; CINGULATE cortex; COGNITIVE ability; RISK-taking behavior
- Publication
Psychophysiology, 2024, Vol 61, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0048-5772
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/psyp.14465