台大心理系

Accumulating evidence converges to highlight the contribution of sleep and sleep disorders to the neuropsychological functioning of individuals with and without mental illnesses. The wide-spread influence of sleep on human neural systems underlying emotions and cognitions in both health and disease processes is being uncovered by sleep researchers across disciplines. This talk aims to broadly address the role of sleep in different domains of functioning for a wide range of human activities in both patient and healthy populations across the life span. Evidence from both experimental and longitudinal studies of our laboratory and others supports the notion that sleep-related cognitive and affective processes are critical and central to the understanding and promotion of neuropsychosocial-spiritual health. Future research may further explore the nature of the neuropsychological processes and the brain pathways involved in sleep and sleep-related functions, their interactions with different biopsychosocial variables, and the potential modifications of sleep and sleep-mediated outcomes by psychological and physical interventions.