Visual cognitive function: changes associated with chronic insomnia in older adults.
Older adults typically exhibit poor sleep efficiency as well as a decline in visual perception. In this study, the authors investigated whether late-life insomnia is associated with age-related changes in visual processing of global and local aspects of hierarchical figures. The study findings suggest that late-life insomnia may be one of the most important factors contributing to the decline of visual processing in older adults. The findings offer hope that treatment of insomnia in older adults could have beneficial effects on improving visual processing in this population.
Haimov
Iris
I
Department of Behavioral Science, The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel. i_haimov@yvc.ac.il
Hadad
Bat-Sheva
BS
Shurkin
Danny
D
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017286:Polysomnography; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011788:Quality of Life; D011930:Reaction Time; D012307:Risk Factors; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014796:Visual Perception