What is it about?
insomniacs frequent complaint of memory impairment that isn’t consistently demonstrated. We prove using Nine Box Maze Test that an impairment exist in spatial working memory and object recognition memory in the patients with chronic insomnia disorder. The multi-memory system is modulated by cortisol in these patients.
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Why is it important?
Our report for the first time the results evaluated by Nine Box Maze Test in the patients with chronic insomnia disorder. We firstly show the different memories in these patients are modulated bidirectionally.
Perspectives
Subjective decline of memory is common but isn’t consistently and objectively demonstrated due to differences in the study populations, memory tasks, testing protocols and testing conditions. We for the first time evaluate the multi-memory system using Nine Box Maze Test and demonstrate selective memory impairment in the patients with chronic insomnia disorder. Interestingly, we find the different domains of memory can be affected by cortisol negatively or positively.
Prof. Gui-Hai Chen
the Affiliated Chaohu Hospital of Anhui Medical University
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This page is a summary of: Patients with chronic insomnia have selective impairments in memory that are modulated by cortisol, Psychophysiology, July 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12700.
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