论文标题：Sleep loss causes social withdrawal and loneliness

期刊：Nature Communications

作者：Eti Ben Simon & Matthew P. Walker

发表时间：2018/08/14

数字识别码：10.1038/s41467-018-05377-0

原文链接：https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05377-0?utm_source=Other_website&utm_medium=Website_links&utm_content=RenLi-Nature-Nature_Comms-Social_Behavioral_Sciences-China&utm_campaign=NATCOMMS_USG_JRCN_RL_sciencenet_cortex_4th_Aug

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根据《自然-通讯》发表的一项包含18名参与者的研究 Sleep loss causes social withdrawal and loneliness，剥夺睡眠与社交退缩和孤独的神经及行为特征相关。

图1：实验设计 图源：Walker et al.

美国加州大学伯克利分校的Matthew Walker和Eti Ben Simon招募了18名健康成人进入睡眠实验室，参与一夜的睡眠完全剥夺实验。在接受社交能力的心理测试评估时，被剥夺睡眠的受试者会回避他人。睡眠剥夺也导致对人类靠近保持警觉的脑区高度敏感。

此外，当使用1,033名独立参与者的视频录像进行孤独感评估时，被剥夺睡眠的受试者被评为更加孤独。而独立参与者在观看被剥夺睡眠者的录像后，认为自己明显感觉更加孤独。这些结果表明，缺乏睡眠会导致个人与其他人保持更大的社交距离，并且可能使那些与被剥夺睡眠者接触的人感到更加孤独。

虽然需要进一步的实验来确定这些关联是否会因为性别或年龄而发生变化，但这些结果表明睡眠与孤独感之间可能存在某种关联。

摘要：Loneliness and social isolation markedly increase mortality risk, and are linked to numerous mental and physical comorbidities, including sleep disruption. But does sleep loss causally trigger loneliness? Here, we demonstrate that a lack of sleep leads to a neural and behavioral phenotype of social withdrawal and loneliness; one that can be perceived by other members of society, and reciprocally, makes those societal members lonelier in return. We propose a model in which sleep loss instigates a propagating, self-reinforcing cycle of social separation and withdrawal.

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